Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jordan Garrett, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Jordan Garrett registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 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
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jordan Garrett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jordan Garrett
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Walker County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "G. Garnett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Garrett in Walker County
- Calvin M. Garrettborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- Jackson Garrettborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Peter Garrettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1849
- Thomas Garrettborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
- Wallace Garrettborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Garretts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Garrett
- Garret 8
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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