Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Walker, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Simon Walker registered to vote in Anderson County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Simon Walker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Walker
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Walker in Anderson County
- Charles Walkerborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1840
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 15 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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