Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Eldridge, Walker County, Texas, 1867
James Eldridge registered to vote in Walker County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Walker County
James Eldridge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Eldridge
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jas X Eldridge"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Eldridges 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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