Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Blackshear, Walker County, Texas, 1867
John Blackshear registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 1 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
John Blackshear
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Blackshear
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his x mark Blackshear"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJohn Blackshear reported 12 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Blackshears 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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