Tarrant County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

R. Williams, Tarrant County, Texas, 1867

R. Williams registered to vote in Tarrant County on August 28, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 6 of them in Tarrant County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Tarrant County registered 212 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Tarrant County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
6 years
In the county
about 1855
Reached Texas
6 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tarrant County

R. Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
R. Williams
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Tarrant County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 28, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Tarrant County
6 years
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Tarrant County
6 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tarrant County highlighted
Tarrant County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

6 years

R. Williams reported 6 years more in Texas than in Tarrant County.

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 18 of the Tarrant County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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