Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Barton, Walker County, Texas, 1867
James Barton registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Walker County
James Barton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Barton
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dav. his x mark Barlow"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Bartons 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 25 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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