Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Wilson, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
William Wilson registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 17, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 1 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
William Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Wilson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hopkins County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "William x Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsWilliam Wilson reported 19 years more in Texas than in Hopkins County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Hopkins County
- Nelson Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
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 27 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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