Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Howard Williams, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Howard Williams registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 5, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Howard Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Howard Williams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Hubbard Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Hopkins County
- Edmond Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Page Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
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 15 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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