Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Anderson Graham, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Anderson Graham registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 1 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
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Anderson Graham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Anderson Graham
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Anderson his X mark Graham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsAnderson Graham reported 4 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Grahams 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 36 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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