Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Madison Ashwell, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Madison Ashwell registered to vote in Walker County on November 25, 1869. He reported Alabama 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.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
- 0 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Madison Ashwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Madison Ashwell
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 11 months
- Years in the precinct
- 11 months
- Signature, as written
- "Madison X Schnell"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
0 yearsMadison Ashwell 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 47 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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