Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Noble Alexander, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Noble Alexander registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Noble Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Noble Alexander
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. S. Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearNoble Alexander reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Walker County
- Emmett Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Ramsom Alexanderborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Richard Alexanderborn in Alabama
Alexanders 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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