Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Wilson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Alfred Wilson registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 25, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Alfred Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Wilson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsAlfred Wilson reported 15 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Bastrop County
- Alexander Wilsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Charles Wilsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Clevis Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
- Cornelios Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
- George Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
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 49 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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