Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Douglass Williams, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867

Douglass Williams registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 7, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Brazoria County
Texas
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
28 years
In the county

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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In Brazoria County

Douglass Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Douglass Williams
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Brazoria County
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Brazoria County
28 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Brazoria County highlighted
Brazoria County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Brazoria 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 11 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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