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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Walker County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Walker County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Alfred Bryant reported 14 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Bryant in Walker County

Bryants elsewhere in Texas

All 53 freedmen named Bryant in Texas

Variations of Bryant

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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