Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Watt Ball, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Watt Ball registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Watt Ball
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Watt Ball
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "W. X Hall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ball in Walker County
- Nelas D. Ballborn in Mississippi
Balls 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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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