Fannin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Wilson, Fannin County, Texas, 1867
Henry Wilson registered to vote in Fannin County on July 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fannin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fannin County registered 437 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Henry Wilson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Wilson
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fannin County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fannin County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Fannin County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsHenry Wilson reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fannin County.
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 4 of the Fannin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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