Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Wilkison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Wilkison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 15, 1867. He reported Maryland as his birthplace and 60 years in Texas, 60 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Maryland
- Birthplace
- 60 years
- In Texas
- 60 years
- In the county
- about 1807
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1807 to 1870
Nathan Wilkison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Wilkison
- Place of birth
- Maryland
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 60 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 60 years
- Years in the precinct
- 60 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
- Lewis Wilkisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
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 39 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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