Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ambrose Williams, Bosque County, Texas, 1867

Ambrose Williams registered to vote in Bosque County on Jul. 31 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 1 of them in Bosque County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bosque County registered 85 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Bosque County, Texas
14 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County

Ambrose Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ambrose Williams
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
3
Registered
Jul. 31 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Bosque County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Bosque County
13 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bosque County highlighted
Bosque County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

Ambrose Williams reported 13 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Bosque 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 3 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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