Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Sam Williams, Galveston County, Texas, 1867

Sam Williams registered to vote in Galveston County on June 14, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Galveston County, Texas
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Galveston County

Sam Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Sam Williams
County of registration
Galveston County
Precinct
2
Registered
June 14, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Galveston County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Galveston County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Galveston County highlighted
Galveston County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Sam Williams reported 11 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Galveston County

Williamses elsewhere in Texas

All 560 freedmen named Williams in Texas

Variations of Williams

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 19 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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