Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Wash Wilson, Gonzales County, Texas, 1869

Wash Wilson registered to vote in Gonzales County on November 24, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Gonzales County, Texas
21 years
In Texas
21 years
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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In Gonzales County

Wash Wilson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Wash Wilson
County of registration
Gonzales County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Gonzales County
21 years
Years in the precinct
21 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Gonzales County highlighted
Gonzales County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Wilson in Gonzales County

Wilsons elsewhere in Texas

All 213 freedmen named Wilson in Texas

Variations of Wilson

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 Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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