Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ellis Wilson, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
Ellis Wilson registered to vote in Brazos County on November 23, 1869. He reported 21 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.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Ellis Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ellis Wilson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsEllis Wilson reported 18 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
- George Wilsonreached Texas about 1839
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 43 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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