Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lemon Wilson, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Lemon Wilson registered to vote in Lamar County on July 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Lemon Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lemon Wilson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Curtis Johnson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Lamar County
- Peter Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- 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 10 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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