Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron McDonald, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Aaron McDonald registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Aaron McDonald
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron McDonald
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. his X mark Benson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McDonalds elsewhere in Texas
Variations of McDonald
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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