Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Prince Ashley, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Prince Ashley registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Prince Ashley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Prince Ashley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Prince his X mark Ashley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Ashley in Walker County
- Charles Ashleyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- Daniel Ashleyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
Ashleys 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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