Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lanyshin Marshal, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Lanyshin Marshal registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Walker County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Walker County

Lanyshin Marshal

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lanyshin Marshal
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Walker County
10 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"A. X Marshal"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Marshals elsewhere in Texas

All 4 freedmen named Marshal in Texas

Variations of Marshal

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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