Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Halkens Wilson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Halkens Wilson registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. He reported 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Halkens Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Halkens Wilson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- June 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Galveston County
- Aulden Wilsonreached Texas about 1866
- Billy Wilson
- Ephraim Wilsonreached Texas about 1854
- Henry Wilsonreached Texas about 1854
- John Wilsonreached Texas about 1859
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 4 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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