Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin J Randall, Walker County, Texas, 1869
Benjamin J Randall registered to vote in Walker County on November 25, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored. Had been in county and precinct for 40 days" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Benjamin J Randall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin J Randall
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Walker County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Benj. J X Randall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Had been in county and precinct for 40 days"
Other freedmen named Randall in Walker County
- Abe Randallborn in Tennessee
- Moses Randallborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- William Randallborn in Alabama
Randalls elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Randall
- Randal 12
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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