Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Walls, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Walls registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alexander Walls
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Walls
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walls in Colorado County
- Henry Wallsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Robert Wallsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
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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