Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Williams, Galveston County, Texas, 1867
Frank Williams registered to vote in Galveston County on June 5, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
Frank Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Williams
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- June 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 9 months
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsFrank Williams reported 19 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Galveston County
- Adderson Williamsreached Texas about 1857
- Alex Williamsreached Texas about 1849
- Alexander Williamsreached Texas about 1861
- Allen Williamsreached Texas about 1866
- Andrew Williamsreached Texas about 1861
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 4 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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