Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Walker, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Walker registered to vote in Henderson County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Samuel Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Walker
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel Hacker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSamuel Walker reported 3 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Henderson County
- Nathan Walkerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
Walkers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Walker
- Walken 5
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 14 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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