Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wiley Hassell, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Wiley Hassell registered to vote in Anderson County on August 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Wiley Hassell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wiley Hassell
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 37 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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