Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Walker, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Henry Walker registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Henry Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Walker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Matagorda County
- Edmund Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- William Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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