Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andy Wilson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Andy Wilson registered to vote in Brazos County on July 14, 1867. He reported 21 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
21 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Andy Wilson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andy Wilson
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 14, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Brazos County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

Andy Wilson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Wilson in Brazos 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 23 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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