Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Hampton, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Moses Hampton registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Walker County
Moses Hampton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Hampton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Horris X Hampton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hampton in Walker County
- Wade Hamptonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Wade N. Hamptonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1855
Hamptons 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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