Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reuben Wheeler, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Reuben Wheeler registered to vote in Colorado County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Reuben Wheeler
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reuben Wheeler
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsReuben Wheeler reported 3 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
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 32 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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