Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Allen Walker, Colorado County, Texas, 1868

Allen Walker registered to vote in Colorado County on January 29, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with North Carolina and Texas marked
Born in North Carolina, registered in Colorado County, Texas
North Carolina
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Allen Walker

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Allen Walker
Place of birth
North Carolina
County of registration
Colorado County
Precinct
96° 32'
Registered
January 29, 1868
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Colorado County
13 years
Years in the precinct
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Colorado County highlighted
Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Walker in Colorado County

Walkers elsewhere in Texas

All 167 freedmen named Walker in Texas

Variations of Walker

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 47 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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