Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert White, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Robert White registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Robert White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert White
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsRobert White reported 6 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named White in Walker County
- Abram Whiteborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Charles Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
- Damon Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Edmon Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Isaac Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Whites 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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