Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Hume, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Hume registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Walker County
Calvin Hume
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Hume
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Walker County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. his X mark Home"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hume in Walker County
- Harmon Humeborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Strother Humeborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1840
Humes 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 24 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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