Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Dillingham, Brazoria County, Texas, 1869
Wilson Dillingham registered to vote in Brazoria County on November 16, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Wilson Dillingham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Dillingham
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Dillingham in Brazoria County
- Albert Dillinghamborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1831
Dillinghams elsewhere in Texas
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 36 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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