Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Gainer, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Gainer registered to vote in Jefferson County on July 22, 1867. He reported 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Jefferson County. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
1859186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County
Wilson Gainer
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Gainer
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Jefferson County
- 7 years
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWilson Gainer reported 7 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.
Other freedmen named Gainer in Jefferson County
- Henry Gainerreached Texas about 1859
Gainers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Gainer
- Gaines 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 1 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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