Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Columbus Herndon, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Columbus Herndon registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 13 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Columbus Herndon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Columbus Herndon
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Columbus X Herndon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsColumbus Herndon reported 2 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Herndon in Walker County
- James H. Herndonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
Herndons 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 26 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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