Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Wilson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
George Wilson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
George Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Wilson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Harrison County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Mason"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 67 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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