Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jonas Wheelock, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Jonas Wheelock registered to vote in Burleson County on November 26, 1869. He reported 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Jonas Wheelock
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jonas Wheelock
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 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 35 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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