Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Wilkerson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
William Wilkerson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 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
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
William Wilkerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Wilkerson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsWilliam Wilkerson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Wilkerson in Fayette County
- Mark Wilkersonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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