Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram White, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Abram White registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Abram White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram White
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Abram X White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Walker County
- 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
- Ivy 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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