Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Colwell, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Charles Colwell registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 21 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Charles Colwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Colwell
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Chas X Boswell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsCharles Colwell reported 6 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Colwells 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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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