Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Kimble, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Henry Kimble registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. 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 Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Walker County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
about 1864
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Henry Kimble

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Kimble
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 22, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Walker County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Walker County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Henry X Rumble"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Henry Kimble reported 2 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Kimble in Walker County

  • Ed Kimbleborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864

Kimbles elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Kimble 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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