Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sterling Budley, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sterling Budley registered to vote in Walker County on September 28, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Sterling Budley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sterling Budley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sterling his X mark Pridby"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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