Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Williams, Tyler County, Texas, 1868
Lewis Williams registered to vote in Tyler County on January 30, 1868. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Tyler County
Lewis Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Williams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 13 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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