Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Walker, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Elijah Walker registered to vote in Walker County on November 19, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Elijah Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Walker
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Elijah X Walker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Walker County
- Alexander Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Allen Walkerborn in Mississippi
- Deston Walkerborn in Louisiana
- Goliah Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
- Isaac Walkerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
Walkers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Walker
- Walken 5
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 43 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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