Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmund Walker, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Edmund Walker registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Edmund Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmund Walker
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- 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
- 21 years
Other freedmen named Walker in Matagorda County
- Henry Walkerborn in Virginia, 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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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