Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley McNeal, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Wesley McNeal registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Davis County
Wesley McNeal
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley McNeal
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Davis County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
McNeals 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 59 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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