Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joshua Niell, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joshua Niell registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Joshua Niell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joshua Niell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. his X mark Hill"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJoshua Niell reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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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