Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · page 1 of 2
Freedmen who registered in Wilson County, Texas
96 freedmen registered to vote in Wilson County, Texas, between 1867 and 1870. Open a name to read his entry and the original handwritten register page.
| Name | Birthplace | Reached Texas | Years in the county |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Abney | Virginia | 1865 | 1 |
| John Adams | Kentucky | 1865 | 1 |
| Alfred Applewaite | Mississippi | 1854 | 13 |
| George Applewaite | Louisiana | 1854 | 12 |
| Joseph Baldwin | Texas | 1846 | 1 |
| Thomas Bonny | South Carolina | 1855 | 12 |
| Burford Braxton | Kentucky | 1855 | |
| Charles Bristow | Kentucky | 1864 | 3 |
| Jordan Brooks | Texas | 1854 | 1 |
| Nelson Brooks | Texas | 1854 | |
| William Calvin | Alabama | 1853 | 14 |
| Derroh Carter | Tennessee | 1855 | |
| Ransom Clark | Texas | 1847 | |
| Henry Clay | Maryland | 1863 | |
| James Cruz | South Carolina | 1851 | 16 |
| Henry Daisedo | 1839 | 2 | |
| William Dickee | Mississippi | 1855 | 12 |
| John Durham | North Carolina | 1856 | 11 |
| Andrew Edwards | Mississippi | 1855 | 5 |
| Benjamin Fields | Mississippi | 1863 | 4 |
| Benjamin Fields | 1864 | 2 | |
| Milton Gates | South Carolina | 1865 | |
| Jefferson Gibson | Kentucky | 1864 | 3 |
| Washington Goody | Arkansas | 1865 | |
| Felix Grundy | Tennessee | 1861 | 8 |
| Anderson Hardin | Tennessee | 1863 | |
| Augustus Harris | South Carolina | 1853 | 14 |
| Governor Harris | Louisiana | 1847 | |
| Jackson Harris | Mississippi | 1858 | 9 |
| James Harris | South Carolina | 1858 | 9 |
| Robert Henderson | Virginia | 1848 | 1 |
| Gabriel Henrics | South Carolina | 1855 | 3 |
| Albert Herron | Mississippi | 1857 | 10 |
| Reuben Hightower | Tennessee | 1852 | 15 |
| Overton Hunt | Tennessee | 1849 | 18 |
| George Anthony Jackson | Missouri | 1861 | |
| John Jackson | Georgia | 1853 | 2 |
| Lee Jackson | Kentucky | 1864 | 3 |
| Thomas Jenkins | Mississippi | 1852 | |
| John Jenkins, Jr. | North Carolina | 1852 | |
| John Jenkins, Sr. | Mississippi | 1852 | |
| James Johnson | Virginia | 1852 | 2 |
| William Johnson | Alabama | 1852 | 15 |
| William Johnson | Alabama | 1855 | 2 |
| Tolly Kendrick | Alabama | 1851 | 16 |
| Richard Landrum | Texas | 1857 | |
| Joseph Lias | South Carolina | 1853 | 6 |
| Washington Mahon | Virginia | 1850 | |
| Robert Masson | Kentucky | 1866 | 1 |
| William Mathews | Virginia | 1855 | 12 |
Sources
These names come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Wilson County's entries were written out by hand, so registrars spelled each name as they heard it. About Enslaved Texas.
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