Nueces County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Williams, Nueces County, Texas, 1869
Charles Williams registered to vote in Nueces County on November 25, 1869. He reported Pennsylvania as his birthplace and 1 year 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.
- Pennsylvania
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1868
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Nueces County
Charles Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Williams
- Place of birth
- Pennsylvania
- County of registration
- Nueces County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Nueces County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Nueces County
- Henry Williamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1866
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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