Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Wilson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Wilson registered to vote in Freestone County on July 18, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Lewis Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Wilson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Freestone County
- James Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
Wilsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wilson
- Willson 12
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 1 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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