Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elic Webb, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Elic Webb registered to vote in Walker County on November 19, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 12 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Elic Webb
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elic Webb
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Levi his X mark Neely"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsElic Webb reported 11 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Webb in Walker County
- Green Webbborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Green Webbborn in Alabama
- Jessee Webbborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Richard Webbborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
Webbs 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 42 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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