Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Roderick Blake, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Roderick Blake registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored Duplicate given" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Roderick Blake

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Roderick Blake
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Walker County
8 years
Years in the precinct
8 years
Years in Texas before Walker County
5 years
Signature, as written
"R. Beale"
Remarks, as written
"Colored Duplicate given"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

5 years

Roderick Blake reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Blakes elsewhere in Texas

All 13 freedmen named Blake 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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