Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Cooper Wilkison, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
Cooper Wilkison registered to vote in Colorado County on August 12, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Cooper Wilkison
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Cooper Wilkison
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilkison in Colorado County
- Everett Wilkisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1856
- Lewis Wilkisonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 34 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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