Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Parker, Walker County, Texas, 1867
John Parker registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Walker County
John Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Parker
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his x mark Parker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Parker in Walker County
- Clayton Parkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- George Parkerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Parkers 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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