Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Israel Hamilton, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Israel Hamilton registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Walker County
Israel Hamilton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Israel Hamilton
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Israel his X mark Hamilton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hamilton in Walker County
- Albert Hamiltonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
Hamiltons 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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