Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matt Wilson, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Matt Wilson registered to vote in Colorado County on November 25, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 9 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
Matt Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matt Wilson
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Colorado County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsMatt Wilson reported 2 years more in Texas than in Colorado County.
Other freedmen named Wilson in Colorado County
- James Wilsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1851
- Samuel Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
- William Wilsonborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
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. Colorado County's entries fill 64 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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