Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Brasen, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Brasen registered to vote in Fayette County on August 17, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Wiley Brasen
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Brasen
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWiley Brasen reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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