Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph McCracken, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Joseph McCracken registered to vote in Wilson County on July 18, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Joseph McCracken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph McCracken
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJoseph McCracken reported 9 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Other freedmen named McCracken in Wilson County
- Caesar McCrackenborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Caesar Henry McCrackenborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Lawrence McCrackenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Levi McCrackenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Monroe McCrackenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
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 3 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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