Hopkins County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edmond Williams, Hopkins County, Texas, 1867
Edmond Williams registered to vote in Hopkins County on August 10, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hopkins County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Hopkins County registered 282 freedmen in 1867, 16% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Edmond Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edmond Williams
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hopkins County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Hopkins County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elias x Sullivan"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Hopkins County
- Howard Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- 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 21 of the Hopkins County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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