Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Pitman, Walker County, Texas, 1867
James Pitman registered to vote in Walker County on September 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
James Pitman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Pitman
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac his X mark Pitman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Pitman in Walker County
- Howard Pitmanborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1862
Pitmans 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 33 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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