Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Wright, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Wright registered to vote in Brazos County on July 19, 1867. He reported 3 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.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Wesley Wright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Wright
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wright in Brazos County
- James Wrightreached Texas about 1851
- John Wrightreached Texas about 1844
- Peter Wrightreached Texas about 1865
- Prince Wrightreached Texas about 1862
- Robert Wrightreached Texas about 1858
Wrights 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 24 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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