Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sim Wallace, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sim Wallace registered to vote in Walker County on August 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina 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.
- North Carolina
- 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
Sim Wallace
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sim Wallace
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "E. X Wallace"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wallace in Walker County
- Adam Wallaceborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Charles Wallaceborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Hampton Wallaceborn in Texas
- Jacob Wallaceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
- Joseph Wallaceborn in Virginia
Wallaces 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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