Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wilson, Jasper County, Texas, 1869
James Wilson registered to vote in Jasper County on November 20, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wilson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Signature, as written
- "James Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 16 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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