Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Harold, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Harold registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. 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
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Joseph Harold
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Harold
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Sam his X mark Harold"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJoseph Harold reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Harold in Walker County
- Alexander Haroldborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
- Hen Haroldborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1854
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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