Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jonah Williamson, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Jonah Williamson registered to vote in Freestone County on August 2, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Jonah Williamson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jonah Williamson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williamson in Freestone County
- Henry Williamsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Jacob Williamsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1865
- Manuel Williamsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1867
- Richard Williamsonborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
Williamsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williamson
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 15 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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