Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Fisher, Walker County, Texas, 1869
David Fisher registered to vote in Walker County on November 24, 1869. He reported Virginia 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.
- Virginia
- 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
David Fisher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Fisher
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fisher in Walker County
- David Fisherborn in Virginia
- Drayden Fisherborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- George Fisherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Lewis Fisherborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Martin Fisherborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1862
Fishers 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. Walker County's entries fill 48 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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