Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses White, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Moses White registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Had been in county and precinct for 35 days" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Moses White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses White
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Moses X White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Had been in county and precinct for 35 days"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsMoses White reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named White in Walker County
- Abram Whiteborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Charles Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
- Damon Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Edmon Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Isaac Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Whites 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 17 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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