Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Wilson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
John Wilson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 13, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 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
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Fayette County
John Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Wilson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- 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 40 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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