Freestone County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Dennis Williams, Freestone County, Texas, 1867
Dennis Williams registered to vote in Freestone County on August 17, 1867. He reported Florida as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Freestone County registered 960 freedmen in 1867, 54% of its voters.
- Florida
- Birthplace
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Freestone County
Dennis Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Dennis Williams
- Place of birth
- Florida
- County of registration
- Freestone County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- 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
- Franklin Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1867
- George Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
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 26 of the Freestone County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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