Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley White, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Wesley White registered to vote in Walker County on August 22, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Wesley White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley White
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Wesley X White"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named White in Walker County
- Abram Whiteborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
- Charles Whiteborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
- Damon Whiteborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
- Edmon Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1864
- Isaac Whiteborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
Whites 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 18 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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