Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Wilson, Leon County, Texas, 1867
Henry Wilson registered to vote in Leon County on August 23, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 2 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Henry Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Wilson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Leon County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Deberry x Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsHenry Wilson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Leon County
- Antony Wilsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- Patrick Wilsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 20 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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