Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Whaley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
David Whaley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 19, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
David Whaley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Whaley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "D. Whaley."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Whaley in Harrison County
- James Whaleyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Sanders Whaleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Thomas Whaleyborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
Whaleys 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 37 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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