Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Alexander Williams, Brazos County, Texas, 1867

Alexander Williams registered to vote in Brazos County on July 14, 1867. He reported 14 years in Texas, 7 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
14 years
In Texas
7 years
In the county
about 1853
Reached Texas
7 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Brazos County

Alexander Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Alexander Williams
County of registration
Brazos County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 14, 1867
Years in Texas
14 years
Years in Brazos County
7 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Years in Texas before Brazos County
7 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

7 years

Alexander Williams reported 7 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 22 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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