Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson Wilson, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Jackson Wilson registered to vote in Wilson County on July 11, 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
Jackson Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson Wilson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 4 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Wilson County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsJackson Wilson reported 9 years more in Texas than in Wilson County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Wilson County
- Fletcher Wilsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- James Wilsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
- Taylor Wilsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1854
Wilsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wilson
- Willson 12
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 1 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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