Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Levi McCracken, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Levi McCracken registered to vote in Wilson County on July 18, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Levi McCracken
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Levi 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
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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
- Joseph McCrackenborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Lawrence 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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