Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wilson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Wilson registered to vote in Fayette County on July 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wilson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJohn Wilson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Fayette County
- Gabe Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Jim Wilsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- 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 24 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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