Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Erwings, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Jackson Erwings registered to vote in Walker County on February 1, 1868. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jackson Erwings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Erwings
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- February 1, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Walker County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jackson his X mark Errings"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Variations of Erwings
- Erwin 6
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 38 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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