Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Fletcher Wilson, Wilson County, Texas, 1867
Fletcher Wilson registered to vote in Wilson County on July 18, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Fletcher Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Fletcher Wilson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 7
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year 6 months
- Years in Wilson County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Wilson County
- Jackson Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- 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 3 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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