Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ned Wesley, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Ned Wesley registered to vote in Dallas County on August 20, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 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
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Ned Wesley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ned Wesley
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wesley in Dallas County
- John Wesleyborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1854
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 16 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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