Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Walker, Anderson County, Texas, 1869
Richard Walker registered to vote in Anderson County on November 23, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Richard Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Walker
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Anderson County
- Charles Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1840
- Simon Walkerborn in Virginia, 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 47 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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