Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi Preston, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Levi Preston registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Levi Preston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi Preston
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Levi his X mark Preston"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearLevi Preston reported 1 year more in Texas than in Walker County.
Prestons 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 34 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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