Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Curtis, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Frank Curtis registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Frank Curtis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Curtis
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frank his X mark Curtis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsFrank Curtis reported 8 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Curtises 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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