Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Egell, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Egell registered to vote in Anderson County on August 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 4 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Wiley Egell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Egell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Anderson County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWiley Egell reported 11 years more in Texas than in Anderson County.
Other freedmen named Egell in Anderson County
- Henry Egellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
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 29 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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