Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Wilson, Colorado County, Texas, 1867
William Wilson registered to vote in Colorado County on July 17, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
William Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Wilson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Wilson in Colorado County
- James Wilsonborn in Maryland, reached Texas about 1851
- Matt Wilsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Samuel Wilsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
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 11 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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