Hays County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Williams, Hays County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Williams registered to vote in Hays County. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hays County registered 197 freedmen in 1867, 32% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hays County
Benjamin Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Williams
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hays County
- Precinct
- 1
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Hays County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Hays County
- Edward Williamsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Ransom Williamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
- Thomas Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
- William Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
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 2 of the Hays County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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