Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe Whitfield, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Monroe Whitfield registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Monroe Whitfield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe Whitfield
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. H. Whitfield"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsMonroe Whitfield reported 20 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Whitfields 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 29 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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