Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Wilson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Henry Wilson registered to vote in Harrison County on July 20, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Wilson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Harrison County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "R. Melgon"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenry Wilson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Harrison County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Harrison County
- Benjamin Wilsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1851
- Berry Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Berry Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1850
- Charles Wilsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
- Charles Wilsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 38 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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