Bosque County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Crawford Williamson, Bosque County, Texas, 1869

Crawford Williamson registered to vote in Bosque County on Nov. 26 1869. He reported 21 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
21 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1848
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1848 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bosque County

Crawford Williamson

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Crawford Williamson
County of registration
Bosque County
Precinct
3
Registered
Nov. 26 1869
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Bosque County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Bosque County
20 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

20 years

Crawford Williamson reported 20 years more in Texas than in Bosque County.

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 13 of the Bosque County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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