Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wesley, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
John Wesley registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Dallas County
John Wesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wesley
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wesley in Dallas County
- Ned Wesleyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1853
Wesleys 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 6 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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