Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wesley Emlesson, Walker County, Texas, 1869

Wesley Emlesson registered to vote in Walker County on November 17, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Walker County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1868
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Walker County

Wesley Emlesson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wesley Emlesson
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Walker County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Walker County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Signature, as written
"Wesley X Emerson"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Walker County highlighted
Walker County on the 1870 county map

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 40 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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