Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Williams, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869

Henry Williams registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 17, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Louisiana and Texas marked
Born in Louisiana, registered in Fort Bend County, Texas
Louisiana
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
3 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Fort Bend County

Henry Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Williams
Place of birth
Louisiana
County of registration
Fort Bend County
Precinct
4
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Fort Bend County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
3 years
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fort Bend County highlighted
Fort Bend County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

3 years

Henry Williams reported 3 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Fort Bend County

Williamses elsewhere in Texas

All 560 freedmen named Williams in Texas

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 35 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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