Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Gariel, Walker County, Texas, 1868
David Gariel registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Walker County
David Gariel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Gariel
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Walker County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "David his X mark Garet"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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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