Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Wheaton, Madison County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Wheaton registered to vote in Madison County on August 20, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 19 years in Texas, 19 of them in Madison County. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 19 years
- In Texas
- 19 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Madison County
Joseph Wheaton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Wheaton
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Madison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 19 years
- Years in Madison County
- 19 years
- Years in the precinct
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph Bladen"
Other freedmen named Wheaton in Madison County
- Henry Wheatonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1848
- John Wheatonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1848
Variations of Wheaton
- Wheat 6
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 7 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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