Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James B. Wilson, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
James B. Wilson registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
James B. Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James B. Wilson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Brazoria County
- Augustus Wilsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Carey Wilsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Melton Wilson
- Reuben Wilsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1842
- Thomas Wilsonborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1858
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 20 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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