Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Wilkison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Wilkison registered to vote in Colorado County on July 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Colorado County
Lewis Wilkison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Wilkison
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilkison in Colorado County
- Cooper Wilkisonborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Everett Wilkisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Nathan Wilkisonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1807
Variations of Wilkison
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 Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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