Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Justice, Walker County, Texas, 1868
John Justice registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- 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
John Justice
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Justice
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Justice"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Justice in Walker County
- Albert Justiceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Allen Justiceborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Flander Justiceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
- Greene Justiceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- Len Justiceborn in Alabama
Justices 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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