Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Mark Wilkerson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Mark Wilkerson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 11, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 5 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Mark Wilkerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Mark Wilkerson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsMark Wilkerson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Wilkerson in Fayette County
- William Wilkersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1855
Wilkersons elsewhere in Texas
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 6 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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