Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Marcus Wiley, Wood County, Texas, 1867
Marcus Wiley registered to vote in Wood County on July 20, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County
Marcus Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Marcus Wiley
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wood County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Wood County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Wood County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Warren his x mark Hussey"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsMarcus Wiley reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.
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 3 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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