Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Balus Walken, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Balus Walken registered to vote in Anderson County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 7 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Balus Walken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Balus Walken
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsBalus Walken reported 20 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Walken in Anderson County
- Richard Walkenborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 25 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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