Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Wilson, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

William Wilson registered to vote in Fayette County on August 14, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Louisiana, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Louisiana
Birthplace: 18 years
In Texas: 18 years
In the county: about 1849
Reached Texas

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In Fayette County

William Wilson

Texas

Name: William Wilson
Place of birth: Louisiana
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: August 14, 1867
Years in Texas: 18 years
Years in Fayette County: 18 years
Years in the precinct: 18 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

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
John Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1839
Raleigh Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860

Wilsons elsewhere in Texas

All 213 freedmen named Wilson 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. Fayette County's entries fill 70 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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