Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Perry Rentfro, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Perry Rentfro registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Walker County
Perry Rentfro
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Perry Rentfro
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Perry his X mark Renfrow"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 24 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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