Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abner Cagener, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Abner Cagener registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Abner Cagener
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abner Cagener
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Abner his X mark Wagener"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAbner Cagener reported 3 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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