Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Solomon Wilkerson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869
Solomon Wilkerson registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 23, 1869. He reported 15 years in Texas, 12 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Solomon Wilkerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Solomon Wilkerson
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Gonzales County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsSolomon Wilkerson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Gonzales County.
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 42 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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