Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wilson Arledge, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Wilson Arledge registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored. He had been in the precinct for half a month, not a full month" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Wilson Arledge
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wilson Arledge
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Houston County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "Wilson Arledge"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. He had been in the precinct for half a month, not a full month"
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 9 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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