Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Wingfield, Anderson County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Wingfield registered to vote in Anderson County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Anderson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Anderson County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Anderson County

Thomas Wingfield

Texas

Name: Thomas Wingfield
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Anderson County
Precinct: 10
Registered: August 6, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Anderson County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 12 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Anderson County on the 1870 county map

Wingfields elsewhere in Texas

Gus Wingfield Harrison County

All 3 freedmen named Wingfield in Texas

Variations of Wingfield

Winkfield 7

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 14 of the Anderson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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