Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Augustus Grant, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Augustus Grant registered to vote in Walker County on September 25, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Walker County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Walker County

Augustus Grant

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Augustus Grant
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
September 25, 1867
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Walker County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"Augustin X Grant"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Grant in Walker County

Grants elsewhere in Texas

All 43 freedmen named Grant 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 32 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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