Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Emmett Alexander, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Emmett Alexander registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Emmett Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Emmett Alexander
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- 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
- "E. his X mark Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsEmmett Alexander reported 12 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Walker County
- Noble Alexanderborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Ramsom Alexanderborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- 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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