Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wallace Garrett, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Wallace Garrett registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Walker County
Wallace Garrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wallace Garrett
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "W. Garritt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Garrett in Walker County
- Calvin M. Garrettborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Jackson Garrettborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Jordan Garrettborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1848
- Peter Garrettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas Garrettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
Garretts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Garrett
- Garret 8
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 21 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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