Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Pinkney Butler, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Pinkney Butler registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Walker County
Pinkney Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Pinkney Butler
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "his X mark Bush"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Walker County
- Hartwell Butlerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Jesse Butlerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Joseph Butlerborn in Texas
- William Butlerborn in Texas
- William H. Butlerborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1861
Butlers 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 30 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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