Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Banks, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Banks registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Jerry Banks
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Banks
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. X Brooks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJerry Banks reported 7 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Banks in Walker County
- Marion Banksborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1864
Bankses 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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