Liberty County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Walters, Liberty County, Texas, 1867
Sam Walters registered to vote in Liberty County on August 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Liberty County registered 335 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Walters
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Liberty County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Sam, his x mark, Watters"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Walterses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Walters
- Walter 7
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 Liberty County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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