Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Wilson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Harry Wilson registered to vote in Grayson County on July 27, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Grayson County
Harry Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Wilson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Grayson County
- Andrew Wilsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
- George Wilsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Phillip Wilsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1851
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 12 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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