Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Randel, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Abram Randel registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. 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
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Abram Randel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Randel
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "A. X Randal"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAbram Randel reported 12 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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.
African American genealogy in Walker County, Texas
Walker County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Walker CountyThe Randel name in TexasBorn in AlabamaSearch Walker County by name