Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Butler, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Joseph Butler registered to vote in Walker County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Joseph Butler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Butler
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Naturalized, how
- "Georgia"
- Signature, as written
- "M W Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Butler in Walker County
- Hartwell Butlerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Jesse Butlerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Pinkney Butlerborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- William Butlerborn in Texas
- William H. Butlerborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1861
Butlers 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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