Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Washington Wiley, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
George Washington Wiley registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
George Washington Wiley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Washington Wiley
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
Wileys 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 7 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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