Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sanders Whaley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Sanders Whaley registered to vote in Harrison County on August 6, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Harrison County. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Sanders Whaley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sanders Whaley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. Whaley."
Other freedmen named Whaley in Harrison County
- David Whaleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
- James Whaleyborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 58 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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