Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Drayden Fisher, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Drayden Fisher registered to vote in Walker County on August 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Walker County
Drayden Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Drayden Fisher
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Drayden X Fisher"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Fisher in Walker County
- David Fisherborn in Virginia
- David Fisherborn in Virginia
- George Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Lewis Fisherborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- 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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