Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wesley, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Wesley registered to vote in Fayette County on July 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
John Wesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wesley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsJohn Wesley reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Wesley in Fayette County
- Alfred Wesleyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
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 30 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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