Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Taylor Wilson, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
Taylor Wilson registered to vote in Wilson County on November 16, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Taylor Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Taylor Wilson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Wilson County
- Fletcher Wilsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1866
- Jackson Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- James Wilsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1856
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 8 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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