Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Emerson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
John Emerson registered to vote in Walker County on August 28, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 11 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
John Emerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Emerson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John his x mark Emerson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Emerson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Emerson in Walker County
- Thomas Emersonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1864
Emersons 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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