Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Archer, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Bob Archer registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Bob Archer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Archer
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Bob X Archer"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearBob Archer reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Archer in Walker County
- Abram Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Branch Archerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- John Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Kingston Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Porter Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Archers 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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