Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

G. Williams, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

G. Williams registered to vote in Burleson County on July 2, 1867. He reported 22 years in Texas, 2 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

G. Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
G. Williams
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 2, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Burleson County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Burleson County
20 years
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

G. Williams reported 20 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Burleson 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 2 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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