Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Wheeler, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Peter Wheeler registered to vote in Tyler County on August 22, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Peter Wheeler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Wheeler
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Tyler County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Peter Wheeler"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wheelers 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 8 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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