Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Whitehead, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Ben Whitehead registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Ben Whitehead
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Whitehead
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ben his X mark Whitehead"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Whitehead in Walker County
- Anthony Whiteheadborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1846
- Claborn Whiteheadborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1846
Whiteheads 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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