Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Antony Wilson, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Antony Wilson registered to vote in Leon County on November 26, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Leon County
Antony Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Antony Wilson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Leon County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By act of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "[illegible]"
- Naturalized, where
- "Bastrop Co. Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Antony X Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Leon County
- Henry Wilsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 37 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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