Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mitchell Wiley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Mitchell Wiley registered to vote in Harrison County on August 12, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Mitchell Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mitchell Wiley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 months
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "M. Wiley"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsMitchell Wiley reported 9 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wiley in Harrison County
- Jack Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Joseph Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 63 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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