Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Aaron Williams, Parker County, Texas, 1867

Aaron Williams registered to vote in Parker County on August 1, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Parker County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
13 years
In Texas
13 years
In the county
about 1854
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1854 to 1870

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In Parker County

Aaron Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Aaron Williams
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 1, 1867
Years in Texas
13 years
Years in Parker County
13 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

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 3 of the Parker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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