Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Waller, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Waller registered to vote in Burleson County on September 28, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Wilson Waller
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Waller
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsWilson Waller reported 10 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Waller in Burleson County
- William Wallerreached Texas about 1855
Wallers elsewhere in Texas
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 28 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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