Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Newton Love, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Newton Love registered to vote in Walker County on August 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Newton Love
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Newton Love
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. H. Love"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Love in Walker County
- Allen Loveborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Anderson Loveborn in Louisiana
- Henson Loveborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1863
- Perry Loveborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1842
Loves 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 23 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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