Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Wilson, Burleson County, Texas, 1869
Jerry Wilson registered to vote in Burleson County on November 26, 1869. He reported 14 years in Texas, 12 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Jerry Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Wilson
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Burleson County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJerry Wilson reported 2 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
- Oliver Wilsonreached Texas about 1851
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 36 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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