Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Wilson, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Peter Wilson registered to vote in Collin County on Jul. 18 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 11 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Peter Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Wilson
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- Jul. 18 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Collin County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsPeter Wilson reported 10 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Collin County
- A. Wilsonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- Aleck Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1856
- Arch Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Dennis Wilsonborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1858
- Green Wilsonborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
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 12 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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