Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Baker, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Silas Baker registered to vote in Walker County on September 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Walker County
Silas Baker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Baker
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Walker County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "Silas his X mark Baker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Baker in Walker County
- Alexander Bakerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1862
Bakers 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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