Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Adam Jenkins, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Adam Jenkins registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 7 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
7 years
In Texas
about 1860
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Adam Jenkins

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Adam Jenkins
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 27, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Walker County
7 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Walker County
6 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

6 years

Adam Jenkins reported 6 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Jenkins in Walker County

Jenkinses elsewhere in Texas

All 57 freedmen named Jenkins 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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