Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hatch, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hatch registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 28 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
Henry Hatch
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hatch
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 28 years
- Signature, as written
- "Billy his X mark Thyme"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
28 yearsHenry Hatch reported 28 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Hatch in Walker County
- Charles Hatchborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1847
Hatches 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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