Gillespie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wiley Ens, Gillespie County, Texas, 1867

Wiley Ens registered to vote in Gillespie County on August 17, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 13 of them in Gillespie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gillespie County registered 17 freedmen in 1867, 3% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gillespie County, Texas
15 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Gillespie County

Wiley Ens

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wiley Ens
County of registration
Gillespie County
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Gillespie County
13 years
Years in Texas before Gillespie County
2 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gillespie County highlighted
Gillespie County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Wiley Ens reported 2 years more in Texas than in Gillespie County.

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 6 of the Gillespie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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