Sabine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Williams, Sabine County, Texas, 1868
John Williams registered to vote in Sabine County on November 29, 1868. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Sabine County. Sabine County registered 10 freedmen in 1867, 1% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Sabine County
John Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Williams
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Sabine County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 29, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Sabine County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
Other freedmen named Williams in Sabine County
- Clark Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1848
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. Sabine County's entries fill 17 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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