Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wolford, Walker County, Texas, 1869
James Wolford registered to vote in Walker County on November 22, 1869. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
- 0 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Wolford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wolford
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Signature, as written
- "Green his X mark Webb"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
0 yearsJames Wolford reported 0 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
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 45 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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