Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Silas Thomisson, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Silas Thomisson registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported South Carolina 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.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Silas Thomisson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Silas Thomisson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Silas his X mark Thomason"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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