Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Andrew J. Williams, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Andrew J. Williams registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Brazos County, Texas
16 years
In Texas
about 1851
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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In Brazos County

Andrew J. Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Andrew J. Williams
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 24, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Brazos County

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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 7 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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