Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Walls, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Robert Walls registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Robert Walls
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Walls
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsRobert Walls reported 3 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Walls in Colorado County
- Alexander Wallsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Henry Wallsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
Variations of Walls
- Wall 6
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 35 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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