Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Webster Washington, Walker County, Texas, 1867
George Webster Washington registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
George Webster Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Webster Washington
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Geo W. his X mark Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Washington in Walker County
- Bowers Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- General Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1833
Washingtons 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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