Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

D. Williams, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

D. Williams registered to vote in Burleson County on July 29, 1867. He reported 25 years in Texas. 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
25 years
In Texas
about 1842
Reached Texas
24 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1842 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

D. Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
D. Williams
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 29, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Burleson County
4 months
Years in the precinct
4 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
24 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

24 years

D. Williams reported 24 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 23 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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