Jackson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Wilson, Jackson County, Texas, 1869
Henry Wilson registered to vote in Jackson County on November 22, 1869. He reported 7 years in Texas, 1 of them in Jackson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jackson County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Wilson
- County of registration
- Jackson County
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Jackson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Jackson County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsHenry Wilson reported 6 years more in Texas than in Jackson County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Jackson County
- James 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. Jackson County's entries fill 12 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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