Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jacob Wallace, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jacob Wallace registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Jacob Wallace
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jacob Wallace
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "G. X Wallace"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsJacob Wallace reported 21 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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
- Joseph Wallaceborn in Virginia
- Link Wallaceborn in Mississippi
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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