Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ruben Wilson, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Ruben Wilson registered to vote in Brazos County on November 18, 1869. He reported 20 years in Texas, 17 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Ruben Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ruben Wilson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 17 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsRuben Wilson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Brazos County
- Andy Wilsonreached Texas about 1846
- Clifton Wilsonreached Texas about 1854
- Ed. Wilsonreached Texas about 1851
- Edmmund Wilsonreached Texas about 1858
- Ellis Wilsonreached Texas about 1848
Wilsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wilson
- Willson 12
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 35 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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