Starr County · 1867 voter registration
Andrew J. Wilson, Starr County, Texas, 1869
Andrew J. Wilson registered to vote in Starr County on November 17, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored voter" beside his name. Starr County registered 7 freedmen in 1867, 5% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Andrew J. Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Andrew J. Wilson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Starr County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Starr County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Starr County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAndrew J. Wilson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Starr 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 2 of the Starr County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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