Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burt Wiley, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Burt Wiley registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 16, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 40 years in Texas, 40 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 40 years
- In Texas
- 40 years
- In the county
- about 1827
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1827 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
Burt Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burt Wiley
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 40 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 40 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wileys 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 23 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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