Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Boon, Walker County, Texas, 1867
James Boon registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
James Boon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Boon
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 29 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam X Born"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsJames Boon reported 29 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Boons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Boon
- Boone 8
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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