Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wheeler, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Wheeler registered to vote in Harrison County on July 27, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
James Wheeler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wheeler
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Wheeler"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJames Wheeler reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wheeler in Harrison County
- Charles Wheelerborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1847
Wheelers 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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