Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nathan H. Hallar, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Nathan H. Hallar registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Walker County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Nathan H. Hallar

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nathan H. Hallar
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
6
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Walker County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Walker County
15 years
Signature, as written
"Nathan H. Dallas"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Nathan H. Hallar reported 15 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

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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