Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Harryson, Walker County, Texas, 1868
David Harryson registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Walker County
David Harryson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Harryson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "David X Harrison"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Harryson in Walker County
- Baylor Harrysonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
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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