Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sawney Williams, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Sawney Williams registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 24 years in Texas, 12 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Sawney Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sawney Williams
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsSawney Williams reported 12 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Brazos County
- Alexander Williamsreached Texas about 1853
- Alfred Williamsreached Texas about 1848
- Alfred Williamsreached Texas about 1848
- Andrew Williamsreached Texas about 1851
- Dock Williamsreached Texas about 1848
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 6 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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