Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Salisbury, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Salisbury registered to vote in Brazos County on June 28, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 3 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Wilson Salisbury
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Salisbury
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsWilson Salisbury reported 10 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
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 12 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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