Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Friday Pace, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Friday Pace registered to vote in Walker County on September 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years 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 Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Walker County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Friday Pace

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Friday Pace
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
September 27, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Walker County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Walker County
19 years
Signature, as written
"Friday his X mark Pace"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Friday Pace reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Pace in Walker County

Paces elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Pace 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 33 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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