Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Hightower, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Ben Hightower registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Walker County
Ben Hightower
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Hightower
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Walker County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "B. X Hightower"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hightower in Walker County
- Albert Hightowerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Alexander Hightowerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1850
- Allen Hightowerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Charley Hightowerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- David Hightowerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Hightowers 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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