Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Wilson, Lamar County, Texas, 1869
Peter Wilson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 5, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Peter Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Wilson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 5, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Naturalized, how
- "By coming of age"
- Naturalized, where
- "Ireland"
- Signature, as written
- "D. W. Guin"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Lamar County
- Lemon Wilsonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1858
- Robert Wilsonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 3 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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