Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Berry Wilson, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Berry Wilson registered to vote in Harrison County on August 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Residence forfeited by living in Louisiana last year" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Berry Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Berry Wilson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "B. L. Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Residence forfeited by living in Louisiana last year"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Harrison County
- Benjamin Wilsonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1851
- 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
- Charles Wilsonborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
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 75 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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