Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Wilson, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1869
Jerry Wilson registered to vote in Van Zandt County on November 25, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Jerry Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Wilson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Van Zandt County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJerry Wilson reported 19 years more in Texas than in Van Zandt County.
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 22 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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