Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Walker, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Moses Walker registered to vote in Colorado County on August 8, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 5 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Moses Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Walker
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 46'
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMoses Walker reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Walker in Colorado County
- Alex Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
- Allen Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- 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
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 30 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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