Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joseph Williams, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

Joseph Williams registered to vote in Burleson County on July 31, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Burleson County. 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
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Burleson County

Joseph Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joseph Williams
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Burleson County
15 years
Years in the precinct
15 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Burleson County

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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 25 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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