Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Reuben Step, Walker County, Texas, 1867

Reuben Step registered to vote in Walker County. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Walker County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace

What the register records

The register entry, column by column

Name
Reuben Step
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Walker County
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

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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