Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hampton Wallace, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Hampton Wallace registered to vote in Walker County on November 16, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 1 year 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Hampton Wallace
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hampton Wallace
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Hamilton X Wallace"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wallace in Walker County
- Adam Wallaceborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1861
- Charles Wallaceborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Jacob Wallaceborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1845
- Joseph Wallaceborn in Virginia
- Link Wallaceborn in Mississippi
Wallaces 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 39 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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