Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Car, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Jerry Car registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jerry Car
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Car
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry his X mark Bar"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Cars 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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