Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hiram Pounds, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Hiram Pounds registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Hiram Pounds
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hiram Pounds
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Hiram his X mark Pounds"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHiram Pounds reported 10 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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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