Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Ashley, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Ashley registered to vote in Walker County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Daniel Ashley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Ashley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Came to New York when 8 yrs old"
- Signature, as written
- "Daniel X Ashley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ashley in Walker County
- Charles Ashleyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Prince Ashleyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Ashleys 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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