Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
A.E. Hinson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
A.E. Hinson registered to vote in Walker County on August 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Walker County
A.E. Hinson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- A.E. Hinson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Walker County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "County Court, New York when 5 yrs old"
- Signature, as written
- "A. E. X Henson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Hinsons 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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