Bowie County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burdell Williams, Bowie County, Texas, 1869
Burdell Williams registered to vote in Bowie County on July 23, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Bowie County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bowie County registered 462 freedmen in 1867, 55% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Bowie County
Burdell Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burdell Williams
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bowie County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Bowie County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Bowie County
- Arney Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Beny Williamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- Christopher Williamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1849
- James Williamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1851
- John Williamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 8 of the Bowie County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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