Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elmore Swan, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Elmore Swan registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 2 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Elmore Swan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elmore Swan
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. Swan"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsElmore Swan reported 18 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Swans 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.
African American genealogy in Walker County, Texas
Walker County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Walker CountyThe Swan name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Walker County by name