Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eliza Houston, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Eliza Houston registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Eliza Houston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eliza Houston
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. Houston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Houston in Walker County
- J.H. Houstonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
- Ned Houstonborn in South Carolina
- Sam Houstonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Houstons 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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