Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Wills, Madison County, Texas, 1867

Jacob Wills registered to vote in Madison County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Madison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
about 1852
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

Jacob Wills

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Wills
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 12, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Madison County
17 months
Years in the precinct
17 months
Years in Texas before Madison County
14 years
Signature, as written
"Jacob Wells"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Jacob Wills reported 14 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

Willses elsewhere in Texas

All 9 freedmen named Wills in Texas

Variations of Wills

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 Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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