Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Robert Handy, Walker County, Texas, 1868

Robert Handy registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported Mississippi 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Walker County, Texas
Mississippi
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

Robert Handy

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Robert Handy
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
3
Registered
January 28, 1868
Years in Texas
4 years
Years in Walker County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Signature, as written
"Robert his X mark Handy"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

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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