Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen W. Walker, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Allen W. Walker registered to vote in Colorado County on July 15, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Allen W. Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen W. Walker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Colorado County
- Alex Walkerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1839
- Allen Walkerborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- 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 8 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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