Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Wiley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Wiley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Joseph Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Wiley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Miley"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Wiley in Harrison County
- Jack Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Mitchell Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Poepus Wileyborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Wileys 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 47 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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