Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wesley, Walker County, Texas, 1868
John Wesley registered to vote in Walker County on January 28, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Walker County
John Wesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wesley
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Walker County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Healey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wesley in Walker County
- John Wesleyborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Wesleys 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 33 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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