Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Williamson, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Aaron Williamson registered to vote in Galveston County on January 28, 1868. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Galveston County
Aaron Williamson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Williamson
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 47 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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