Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Kitrell, Walker County, Texas, 1867
William Kitrell registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
William Kitrell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Kitrell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Walker County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "W. Hillis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Kitrell in Walker County
- Robert Kitrellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
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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