Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Washington, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Major Washington registered to vote in Walker County on November 22, 1869. He reported Arkansas 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.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
- 0 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Major Washington
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Washington
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Naturalized, how
- "Arkansas"
- Signature, as written
- "H W Washington"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
0 yearsMajor Washington reported 0 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Washington in Walker County
- Bowers Washingtonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- General Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- George Washingtonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1857
- George Washingtonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1833
Washingtons 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 46 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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