Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thornton Simpson, Wilson County, Texas, 1868
Thornton Simpson registered to vote in Wilson County on January 27, 1868. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Thornton Simpson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thornton Simpson
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Simpsons 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 7 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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