Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Collier, Walker County, Texas, 1868
William Collier registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 27 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
William Collier
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Collier
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 months
- Years in the precinct
- 14 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "William his X mark Coker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsWilliam Collier reported 27 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Colliers 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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