Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bartley Wilson, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Bartley Wilson registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 17 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 17 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Walker County
Bartley Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bartley Wilson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Walker County
- 17 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 years
- Signature, as written
- "D. H. Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Walker County
- Belford Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1851
- Edward Wilsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1863
- Fields Wilsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1863
- Gloster Wilsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
- Hugh Wilsonborn in Louisiana, 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 29 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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