Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Irving, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Irving registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- 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
Samuel Irving
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Irving
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. Irving"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Irving in Walker County
- Jack Irvingborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1858
Irvings elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Irving
- Irvin 16
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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