Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew Campbell, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Andrew Campbell registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Walker County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Walker County

Andrew Campbell

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew Campbell
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Walker County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Signature, as written
"R. X Campbell"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Campbell in Walker County

Campbells elsewhere in Texas

All 53 freedmen named Campbell 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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