Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Barney Talston, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Barney Talston registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 12 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Barney Talston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Barney Talston
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Barney his X mark Ralston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsBarney Talston reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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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