Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ebenezer McBride, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Ebenezer McBride registered to vote in Walker County on January 29, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Walker County
Ebenezer McBride
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ebenezer McBride
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ebenezer his X mark McBride"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McBride in Walker County
- George McBrideborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
- Hecker McBrideborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Phillip McBrideborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
McBrides 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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