Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Neral, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Adam Neral registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 31 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 31 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 29 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Adam Neral
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Neral
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 31 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 29 years
- Signature, as written
- "Adam his X mark Nevil"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
29 yearsAdam Neral reported 29 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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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