Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Branch Archer, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Branch Archer registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 1 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
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Branch Archer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Branch Archer
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Branch his X mark Archer"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsBranch Archer reported 6 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Archer in Walker County
- Abram Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- Bob Archerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1863
- John Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Kingston Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Porter Archerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Archers 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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