Comal County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Walter, Comal County, Texas, 1867
William Walter registered to vote in Comal County on July 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Comal County. Comal County registered 76 freedmen in 1867, 9% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Walter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Walter
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Comal County
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Comal County
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Comal County
- 3 years
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsWilliam Walter reported 3 years more in Texas than in Comal County.
Other freedmen named Walter in Comal County
- Hewy Walterborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1865
Walters elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Walter
- Walters 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 1 of the Comal County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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