Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Buge, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Buge registered to vote in Austin County on July 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Austin County
Wiley Buge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Buge
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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