Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Randle, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Bob Randle registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Walker County
Bob Randle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Randle
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Walker County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robt his X mark Randle"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Randle in Walker County
- Thomas Randleborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1848
Randles 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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