Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Wilson, Nueces County, Texas, 1867
Jesse Wilson registered to vote in Nueces County on July 5, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 15 years 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.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
Jesse Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Wilson
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 14 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsJesse Wilson reported 14 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Nueces County
- George Wilsonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- George Wilsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 4 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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