Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dock Haytower, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Dock Haytower registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
1851186018621864186618681870
In Walker County
Dock Haytower
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dock Haytower
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "Dock his X mark Hylaman"
- 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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Walker County, Texas
Walker County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Walker CountyThe Haytower name in TexasBorn in TennesseeSearch Walker County by name