Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Webster, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Peter Webster registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Webster had been in the precinct for 15 days" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Peter Webster
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Webster
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Peter his X mark Webster"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Webster had been in the precinct for 15 days"
Websters 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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