Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isum Barker, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Isum Barker registered to vote in Walker County on September 26, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Walker County
Isum Barker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isum Barker
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Walker County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 24 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam X Barker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Barker in Walker County
- Anderson Barkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1844
Barkers 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 32 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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