Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Jenkins, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Jenkins registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Walker County
Sam Jenkins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Jenkins
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Jenkins in Walker County
- Adam Jenkinsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Albert Jenkinsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
- Collen Jenkinsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
- Dallas Jenkinsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1852
- Gus Jenkinsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
Jenkinses 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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