Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lee Williams, Freestone County, Texas, 1869
Lee Williams registered to vote in Freestone County on November 18, 1869. 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 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Lee Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lee Williams
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Freestone County
- Alexander Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1867
- Alexander Williamsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1849
- Baltimor Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- Dennis Williamsborn in Florida, reached Texas about 1849
- Franklin Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
Williamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williams
- Williamson 30
- William 16
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 34 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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