Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Thomas Williams, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Thomas Williams registered to vote in Harrison County on July 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Harrison County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Thomas Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Thomas Williams
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
6
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
1 month
Years in Harrison County
1 month
Years in the precinct
18 months
Signature, as written
"J. Williams"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Harrison County highlighted
Harrison County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Harrison County

Williamses elsewhere in Texas

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 46 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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