Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richard Abney, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
Richard Abney registered to vote in Wilson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 1 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Richard Abney
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richard Abney
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsRichard Abney reported 3 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
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 11 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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