Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Wilson, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Washington Wilson registered to vote in Galveston County on July 13, 1867. He reported 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Washington Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Wilson
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Galveston County
- Aulden Wilsonreached Texas about 1866
- Billy Wilson
- Ephraim Wilsonreached Texas about 1854
- Halkens Wilsonreached Texas about 1865
- Henry Wilsonreached Texas about 1854
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 43 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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