Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Ferrel, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Ferrel registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Sam Ferrel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Ferrel
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam. X Ferrell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSam Ferrel reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Variations of Ferrel
- Ferrell 7
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 26 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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