Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wylie, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
John Wylie registered to vote in Colorado County on August 2, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 7 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
John Wylie
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wylie
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 42'
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Wylies 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 27 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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