Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Wilder, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Simon Wilder registered to vote in Leon County on August 15, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Simon Wilder
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Wilder
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Leon County
- 18 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Simon Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsSimon Wilder reported 11 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Wilder in Leon County
- Austin Wilderborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Wilders 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 13 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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