Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Page Williams, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Page Williams registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Hopkins County
Page Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Page Williams
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Hugo x Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Hopkins County
- Edmond Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1862
- Howard Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
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 18 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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