Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Walker, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
William Walker registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County
William Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Walker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 9 years
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsWilliam Walker reported 9 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Matagorda County
- Edmund Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
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 9 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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