Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Whaley, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Whaley registered to vote in Harrison County on July 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
James Whaley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Whaley
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsJames Whaley reported 12 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Whaley in Harrison County
- David Whaleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1864
- Sanders Whaleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- 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 21 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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