Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Lewis Wiley, Davis County, Texas, 1867

Lewis Wiley registered to vote in Davis County on August 14, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Davis County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
about 1866
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Davis County

Lewis Wiley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Lewis Wiley
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Davis County
Precinct
1
Place of residence
Davis County
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
7 months
Years in Davis County
4 months
Years in the precinct
7 months
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Davis County highlighted
Davis County on the 1870 county map

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 26 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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