Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry C. Willis, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
Henry C. Willis registered to vote in Wilson County on November 23, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas, 2 of them in Wilson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
Henry C. Willis
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry C. Willis
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsHenry C. Willis reported 19 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Willises 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 9 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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