Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jacob Williams, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Jacob Williams registered to vote in Fayette County on July 15, 1867. He reported 27 years in Texas, 1 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Fayette County, Texas
27 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1840
Reached Texas
26 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Jacob Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jacob Williams
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
27 years
Years in Fayette County
1 year 6 months
Years in the precinct
6 years
Years in Texas before Fayette County
26 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Fayette County highlighted
Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

26 years

Jacob Williams reported 26 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Fayette 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 11 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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