Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Wren, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Wren registered to vote in Walker County on August 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Alexander Wren
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Wren
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. X Brown"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wrens 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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