Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Allen Wilson, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Allen Wilson registered to vote in Davis County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Davis County
Allen Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Allen Wilson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 4
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Davis County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Davis County
- William Wilsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1845
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 62 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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