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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Walker County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1868
Reached Texas
0 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Walker County

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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

0 years

James 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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