Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Allen Williams, Fayette County, Texas, 1867

Allen Williams registered to vote in Fayette County on July 30, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas. 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 Missouri and Texas marked
Born in Missouri, registered in Fayette County, Texas
Missouri
Birthplace
6 years
In Texas
about 1861
Reached Texas
5 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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In Fayette County

Allen Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Allen Williams
Place of birth
Missouri
County of registration
Fayette County
Registered
July 30, 1867
Years in Texas
6 years
Years in Fayette County
6 months
Years in the precinct
6 months
Years in Texas before Fayette County
5 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

5 years

Allen Williams reported 5 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 29 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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