Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Barney Wilkerson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Barney Wilkerson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 6, 1867. He reported 7 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Barney Wilkerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Barney Wilkerson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilkerson in Galveston County
- John Wilkersonreached Texas about 1842
Wilkersons 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 7 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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