Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Poepus Wiley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Poepus Wiley registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 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
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Poepus Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Poepus Wiley
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wiley in Harrison County
- Jack Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
- Joseph Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Mitchell Wileyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
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 10 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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