Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wishington Dillard, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Wishington Dillard registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Wishington Dillard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wishington Dillard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. X Dillard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsWishington Dillard reported 8 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Dillard in Walker County
- Ben Dillardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Sam Dillardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Dillards 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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