Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Oliver Wilson, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Oliver Wilson registered to vote in Burleson County on November 19, 1869. He reported 18 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.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Oliver Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Oliver Wilson
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsOliver Wilson reported 16 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Burleson County
- H. Wilsonreached Texas about 1865
- H. Wilsonreached Texas about 1865
- J. Wilsonreached Texas about 1857
- J. Wilsonreached Texas about 1852
- Jerry Wilsonreached Texas about 1855
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 30 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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