Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Polydore Myers, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Polydore Myers registered to vote in Walker County on August 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Polydore Myers
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Polydore Myers
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "P. X Myers"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsPolydore Myers reported 9 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Myers in Walker County
- Bony Myersborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Elija Myersborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
Myerses 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 19 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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