Bee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wade Little, Bee County, Texas, 1869

Wade Little registered to vote in Bee County on November 20, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 9 of them in Bee County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bee County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 8% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Bee County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
12 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bee County

Wade Little

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wade Little
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Bee County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 20, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Bee County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Bee County
12 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bee County highlighted
Bee County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

12 years

Wade Little reported 12 years more in Texas than in Bee County.

Variations of Little

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 Bee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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