Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Williams, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Robert Williams registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 17, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Robert Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Williams
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 10 years
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsRobert Williams reported 10 years more in Texas than in Fort Bend County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Fort Bend County
- Aaron Williamsreached Texas about 1863
- Alfred Williamsreached Texas about 1866
- Alfred Williamsreached Texas about 1846
- Alick Williamsreached Texas about 1866
- Charley Williamsreached 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 35 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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