Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Christopher Stubblefield, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Christopher Stubblefield registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Christopher Stubblefield
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Christopher Stubblefield
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Walker County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Christopher his X mark Stubblefield"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Stubblefield in Walker County
- Andy Stubblefieldborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1861
- Clayton Stubblefieldborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1849
- Edward Stubblefieldborn in Texas
- Henry Stubblefieldborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- John Stubblefieldborn in Texas
Stubblefields 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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