Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lige Carmish, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Lige Carmish registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Walker County
Lige Carmish
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lige Carmish
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Walker County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Luigi X Garner"
- 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 37 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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