Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Wilson, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867

Louis Wilson registered to vote in Bastrop County on July 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 32 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
32 years
In Texas
about 1835
Reached Texas
31 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1835 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Louis Wilson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Wilson
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 10, 1867
Years in Texas
32 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
31 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

31 years

Louis Wilson reported 31 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Wilson in Bastrop County

Wilsons elsewhere in Texas

All 213 freedmen named Wilson in Texas

Variations of Wilson

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 11 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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