Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Dillard, Walker County, Texas, 1868

Sam Dillard registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Walker County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

Sam Dillard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Dillard
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
4
Registered
February 1, 1868
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Walker County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Walker County
15 years
Signature, as written
"Sam X Dilliard"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Sam Dillard reported 15 years more in Texas than in Walker County.

Other freedmen named Dillard in Walker County

Dillards elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Dillard 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 37 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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