Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Palmer, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Palmer registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 48 years in Texas, 12 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
- 48 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1819
- Reached Texas
- 36 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1819 to 1870
Jerry Palmer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Palmer
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 48 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 36 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. Palmer"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
36 yearsJerry Palmer reported 36 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Palmer in Walker County
- James Palmerborn in Alabama
Palmers 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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