Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ramsom Alexander, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Ramsom Alexander registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Ramsom Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ramsom Alexander
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ransom his X mark Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Walker County
- Emmett Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Noble Alexanderborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Richard Alexanderborn in Alabama
Alexanders elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 16 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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