Henderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clark Wilson, Henderson County, Texas, 1867
Clark Wilson registered to vote in Henderson County on August 5, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Henderson County registered 294 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Clark Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clark Wilson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Henderson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Henderson County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Henderson County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Clark his x mark Wilson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsClark Wilson reported 3 years more in Texas than in Henderson County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Henderson County
- Hannibal Wilsonborn in Mississippi, 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 6 of the Henderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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