Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Willson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
David Willson registered to vote in Shelby County on November 22, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
David Willson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Willson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- November 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "David William"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearDavid Willson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Willson in Shelby County
- Henry Willsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1861
Willsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Willson
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 24 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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