Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Monroe Williams, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Monroe Williams registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 19, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 2 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Monroe Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Monroe Williams
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Fort Bend County
- 6 years
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsMonroe Williams reported 6 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 36 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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