Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bony Myers, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Bony Myers registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Bony Myers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bony Myers
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Perry X Meyers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsBony Myers reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Myers in Walker County
- Elija Myersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Polydore Myersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Myerses 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 18 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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