Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Newton Cranley, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Newton Cranley registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Newton Cranley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Newton Cranley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. X Crawley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsNewton Cranley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Cranleys 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 28 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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