Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willson Slaughter, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Willson Slaughter registered to vote in Houston County on July 24, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Houston County
Willson Slaughter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willson Slaughter
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Houston County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Wilson Slaughter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Slaughter in Houston County
- Rubin Slaughterborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1865
Slaughters 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 4 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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