Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gabe Wilson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Gabe Wilson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 8 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
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Gabe Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gabe Wilson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearGabe Wilson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Fayette County
- Jim Wilsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- John Wilsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- John Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1839
- Raleigh Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- Tom Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1852
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 5 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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