Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calvin Wilson, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
Calvin Wilson registered to vote in Bexar County on July 9, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
Calvin Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calvin Wilson
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Bexar County
- Andrew Wilsonborn in Georgia, 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 11 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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