Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Wigginton, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Wigginton registered to vote in Dallas County on August 26, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Wesley Wigginton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Wigginton
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wigginton in Dallas County
- Sam'l Wiggintonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1855
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 21 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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