Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jene Wilson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Jene Wilson registered to vote in Brazos County on July 19, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas. 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
10 years
In Texas
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Brazos County

Jene Wilson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jene Wilson
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 19, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

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. Brazos County's entries fill 51 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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