Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Fisher, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Fisher registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Lewis Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Fisher
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis X Fisher"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fisher in Walker County
- David Fisherborn in Virginia
- David Fisherborn in Virginia
- Drayden Fisherborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- George Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Martin Fisherborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
Fishers 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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