Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Webb, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Richard Webb registered to vote in Walker County on September 28, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Walker County
Richard Webb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Webb
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Richard his X mark Child"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Webb in Walker County
- Elic Webbborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1857
- Green Webbborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Green Webbborn in Alabama
- Jessee Webbborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Webbs 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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