Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Mott, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Thomas Mott registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 3 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Thomas Mott
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Mott
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- February 1, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Walker County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas X Scott"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsThomas Mott reported 5 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Motts elsewhere 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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