Grayson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Andrew Wilson, Grayson County, Texas, 1867
Andrew Wilson registered to vote in Grayson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Grayson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Grayson County registered 377 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Andrew Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew Wilson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Grayson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Grayson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Grayson County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsAndrew Wilson reported 19 years more in Texas than in Grayson County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Grayson County
- George Wilsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Harry Wilsonborn in Arkansas, 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 18 of the Grayson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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