Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Guy Prior, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Guy Prior registered to vote in Walker County on September 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Walker County
Guy Prior
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Guy Prior
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Guy his X mark Enos"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Priors 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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