Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hampton Cotton, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Hampton Cotton registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Hampton Cotton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hampton Cotton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Hampton his X mark Gaston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cotton in Walker County
- Frank Cottonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Jack Cottonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1840
- Lewis Cottonborn in Texas
Cottons 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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