Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Merrins Madison, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Merrins Madison registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Merrins Madison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Merrins Madison
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. X Madison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsMerrins Madison reported 22 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Madison in Walker County
- Oliver Madisonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Thomas Madisonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Madisons 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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