Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Bryant, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Bryant registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Alfred Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Bryant
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsAlfred Bryant reported 14 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Bryant in Walker County
- Daniel Bryantborn in Georgia
- Lewis Bryantborn in Virginia
- Matthew Bryantborn in Mississippi
- Paul Bryantborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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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