Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wesley, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
John Wesley registered to vote in Brazos County on July 2, 1867. He reported 9 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County
John Wesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wesley
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJohn Wesley reported 6 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Wesley in Brazos County
- Eli Wesleyreached Texas about 1852
- John Wesleyreached Texas about 1861
- 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 19 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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