Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William White, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
William White registered to vote in Wilson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 17 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.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
William White
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William White
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsWilliam White reported 16 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Other freedmen named White in Wilson County
- Louis Whiteborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
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 11 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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