Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Eli Wesley, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Eli Wesley registered to vote in Brazos County on June 27, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
Eli Wesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Eli Wesley
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsEli Wesley reported 7 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Wesley in Brazos County
- John Wesleyreached Texas about 1861
- John Wesleyreached Texas about 1858
- John Wesleyreached Texas about 1852
- Robert Wesleyreached Texas about 1849
Wesleys elsewhere in Texas
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 11 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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