Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Williams, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Williams registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 22, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Benjamin Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Williams
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Brazoria County
- Abraham Williamsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1844
- Alexander Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- Anderson Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Antony Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1840
- Antony Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
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 26 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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