Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Williams, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
Henry Williams registered to vote in Nueces County on November 24, 1869. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 1 of them in Nueces County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Nueces County registered 69 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Williams
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Nueces County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenry Williams reported 2 years more in Texas than in Nueces County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Nueces County
- Charles Williamsborn in Pennsylvania
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 12 of the Nueces County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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