Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caleb Wills, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Caleb Wills registered to vote in Harrison County on July 10, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Caleb Wills
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caleb Wills
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wills in Harrison County
- Elijah Willsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1852
Willses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wills
- Willson 12
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 23 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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