Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Wheat, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Allen Wheat registered to vote in Harrison County on August 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Allen Wheat
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Wheat
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Signature, as written
- "a. Wheat"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wheat in Harrison County
- Nick Wheatborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
- Peter Wheatborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Wheats 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 62 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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