Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

John Williams, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

John Williams registered to vote in Brazos County on June 24, 1867. He reported 18 years in Texas, 9 of them in Brazos County. 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
18 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

John Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
John Williams
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
4
Registered
June 24, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Brazos County
9 years
Years in the precinct
9 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazos County highlighted
Brazos County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

John Williams reported 9 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Brazos 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 8 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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