Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Micajah Wheeler, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Micajah Wheeler registered to vote in Wood County on August 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 14 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Wood County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
14 years
In the county
about 1842
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Wood County

Micajah Wheeler

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Micajah Wheeler
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Wood County
14 years
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Wood County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Hezekiah his X mark Wheeler"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Micajah Wheeler reported 11 years more in Texas than in Wood County.

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 18 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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