Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wilkerson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Wilkerson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 14, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
James Wilkerson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wilkerson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Milburn"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilkerson in Harrison County
- Alexander Wilkersonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
- Daniel Wilkersonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
Wilkersons elsewhere in Texas
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 63 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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