Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Williams, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Williams registered to vote in Johnson County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 9 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 21 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Lewis Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Williams
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Cleburne
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
21 yearsLewis Williams reported 21 years more in Texas than in Johnson County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Johnson County
- David Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1858
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 Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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