Nacogdoches County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Walton, Nacogdoches County, Texas, 1867
Henry Walton registered to vote in Nacogdoches County on July 15, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas, 32 of them in Nacogdoches County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nacogdoches County registered 547 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 32 years
- In Texas
- 32 years
- In the county
- about 1835
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1835 to 1870
Henry Walton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Walton
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Nacogdoches County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 32 years
- Years in Nacogdoches County
- 32 years
- Years in the precinct
- 32 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry Walton his x"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Waltons 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 1 of the Nacogdoches County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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