Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Walken, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Moses Walken registered to vote in Dallas County on August 19, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 1 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Moses Walken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Walken
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Dallas County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsMoses Walken reported 23 years more in Texas than in Dallas County.
Walkens elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Walken
- Walker 167
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 15 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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