Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Tucker, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Tucker registered to vote in Walker County on November 17, 1869. He reported Louisiana 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.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Joseph Tucker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Tucker
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph X Tucker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tucker in Walker County
- Calvin Tuckerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Jo Tuckerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Tuckers 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 40 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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