Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wesly Wren, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867

Wesly Wren registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 10, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Kaufman County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kaufman County

Wesly Wren

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wesly Wren
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Kaufman County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 10, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Kaufman County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Kaufman County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Wesley Green"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kaufman County highlighted
Kaufman County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Wesly Wren reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.

Wrens elsewhere in Texas

All 6 freedmen named Wren 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 5 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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