Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Polado McGar, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Polado McGar registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Walker County
Polado McGar
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Polado McGar
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Volady his X mark McCar"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McGar in Walker County
- Freeman McGarborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- George McGarborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
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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