Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Wesley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
William Wesley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 4 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
William Wesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Wesley
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. Wesley."
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
4 yearsWilliam Wesley reported 4 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wesley in Harrison County
- James R. Wesleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1851
- Joseph Wesleyborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
Wesleys 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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