Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Monroe, Walker County, Texas, 1868
James Monroe registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 2 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
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Monroe
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Monroe
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "James his X mark Monroe"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsJames Monroe reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Monroes 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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