Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Miles Williams, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Miles Williams registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 25, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Miles Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Miles Williams
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
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 39 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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