Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harrison Kitwell, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Harrison Kitwell registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Harrison Kitwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harrison Kitwell
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harrison his X mark Stilwell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsHarrison Kitwell reported 13 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Kitwell in Walker County
- Cesar Kitwellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- William Kitwellborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
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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