Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cesar Kitwell, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Cesar Kitwell registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Cesar Kitwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cesar Kitwell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. his X mark Outlaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsCesar Kitwell reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Kitwell in Walker County
- Harrison Kitwellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- William Kitwellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
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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