Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Campbell Siter, Walker County, Texas, 1869

Campbell Siter registered to vote in Walker County on November 23, 1869. He reported North Carolina 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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Walker County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1868
Reached Texas
0 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Walker County

Campbell Siter

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Campbell Siter
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 23, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Walker County
10 months
Years in the precinct
10 months
Naturalized, how
"Alabama"
Signature, as written
"F. E. Sister"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

0 years

Campbell Siter 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 48 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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