Jefferson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jerry Williams, Jefferson County, Texas, 1867
Jerry Williams registered to vote in Jefferson County on July 27, 1867. He reported 20 years in Texas. Jefferson County registered 117 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Jefferson County
Jerry Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jerry Williams
- County of registration
- Jefferson County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Jefferson County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 months
- Years in Texas before Jefferson County
- 19 years
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsJerry Williams reported 19 years more in Texas than in Jefferson County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Jefferson County
- James Williamsreached Texas about 1851
- Lewis Williamsreached Texas about 1847
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. It sits on page 3 of the Jefferson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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