Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank Cortney, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Frank Cortney registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Walker County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
4 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1863
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Frank Cortney

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank Cortney
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 30, 1867
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Walker County
3 years
Years in the precinct
7 months
Years in Texas before Walker County
1 year
Signature, as written
"Wash. X Gortney"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Frank Cortney reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.

Variations of Cortney

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 28 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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