Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis White, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Louis White registered to vote in Wilson County on July 18, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Louis White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis White
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- 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
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsLouis White reported 9 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Other freedmen named White in Wilson County
- William Whiteborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1852
Whites 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 3 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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