Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gilford Baltrip, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Gilford Baltrip registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Gilford Baltrip
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gilford Baltrip
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 19 months
- Years in the precinct
- 19 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Gifford his X mark Baltriss"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsGilford Baltrip reported 15 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Baltrip in Walker County
- Ham Baltripborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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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