Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Crocket, Walker County, Texas, 1867
David Crocket registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
David Crocket
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Crocket
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 months
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsDavid Crocket reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Crockets elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Crocket
- Crockett 13
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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