Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Wilson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
George Wilson registered to vote in Nueces County on June 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Nueces County
George Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Wilson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- June 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Nueces County
- George Wilsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Juse Wilsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1852
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 2 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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