Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Winn, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Winn registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 50 years in Texas, 15 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
- 50 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1817
- Reached Texas
- 35 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1817 to 1870
Sam Winn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Winn
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 50 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 35 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam Vonn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
35 yearsSam Winn reported 35 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Winns 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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