Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Wilson, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
James Wilson registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
1859186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Matagorda County
James Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Wilson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 7 years
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJames Wilson reported 7 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Matagorda County
- Thomas Wilsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
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 14 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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