Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henderson Luke, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henderson Luke registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Walker County
Henderson Luke
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henderson Luke
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Lukes 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 22 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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