Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

George Clay Washington, Walker County, Texas, 1867

George Clay Washington registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Walker County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
7 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1860
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1860 to 1870

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In Walker County

George Clay Washington

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
George Clay Washington
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Walker County
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
7 years
Years in Walker County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Washington in Walker County

Washingtons elsewhere in Texas

All 262 freedmen named Washington 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. Walker County's entries fill 48 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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