Wilson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Coleman Williams, Wilson County, Texas, 1869
Coleman Williams registered to vote in Wilson County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Wilson County registered 97 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Wilson County
Coleman Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Coleman Williams
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Wilson County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Wilson County
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Wilson County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Wilson County
- Charles Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1848
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 11 of the Wilson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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