Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Baker, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Baker registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Alexander Baker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Baker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "L. X Baker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Baker in Walker County
- Silas Bakerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
Bakers 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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