Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Upton Willson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Upton Willson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Upton Willson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Upton Willson
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Willsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Willson
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 6 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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