Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Owens Williams, Fayette County, Texas, 1869

Owens Williams registered to vote in Fayette County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Fayette County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 3 years
In Texas: 3 years
In the county: about 1866
Reached Texas

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Owens Williams

Texas

Name: Owens Williams
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Fayette County
Registered: November 16, 1869
Years in Texas: 3 years
Years in Fayette County: 3 years
Years in the precinct: 3 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Fayette County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Fayette County

Alex Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
Allen Williamsborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1861
Bill Williamsborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1851
Bill Williamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
Bill Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854

Williamses elsewhere in Texas

All 560 freedmen named Williams 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 59 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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