Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Wiggins, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
Sam Wiggins registered to vote in Cherokee County on Jul. 19 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
Sam Wiggins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Wiggins
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- Jul. 19 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Wiggins in Cherokee County
- Edmond Wigginsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Jacobnn Wigginsborn in North Carolina
- James Wigginsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Orchards Wigginsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Robbert Wigginsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
Wigginses 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 10 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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