Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Taswell, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Taswell registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 9, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Wesley Taswell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Taswell
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isham Pickson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsWesley Taswell reported 2 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
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 Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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