Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Brister Passley, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Brister Passley registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Walker County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
about 1854
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Brister Passley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Brister Passley
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Walker County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Walker County
12 years
Signature, as written
"W. G. Pasley"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Brister Passley reported 12 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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