Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Perry Randal, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Perry Randal registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Walker County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Walker County

Perry Randal

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Perry Randal
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Walker County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Signature, as written
"Perry X Randal"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Randal in Walker County

Randals elsewhere in Texas

All 12 freedmen named Randal in Texas

Variations of Randal

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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