Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Kingston Archer, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Kingston Archer registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Walker County
Kingston Archer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Kingston Archer
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "O. Archer"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Archer in Walker County
- Abram Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Bob Archerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- Branch Archerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- John Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Porter Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Archers 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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