Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Randolph, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Silas Randolph registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Silas Randolph
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Randolph
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "S. X Randolph"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Randolph in Walker County
- Rolent Randolphborn in Alabama
Randolphs elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Randolph
- Randol 5
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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