Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond McDaniel, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Edmond McDaniel registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Edmond McDaniel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond McDaniel
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Walker County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edmond his X mark McDaniel"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsEdmond McDaniel reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named McDaniel in Walker County
- Samuel McDanielborn in Texas
- William McDanielborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1842
McDaniels 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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