Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Baldwin, Wilson County, Texas, 1868
Joseph Baldwin registered to vote in Wilson County on January 31, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 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.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Joseph Baldwin
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Baldwin
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsJoseph Baldwin reported 21 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Baldwins elsewhere in Texas
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 8 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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