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.
- 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
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"
Other freedmen named Walker in Colorado County
- Alex Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
- Allen W. Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Cato Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- David Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- George Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
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 47 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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