Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Franklin Williams, Harrison County, Texas, 1867

Franklin Williams registered to vote in Harrison County on July 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Harrison County. 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 South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Harrison County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
10 years
In Texas
10 years
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Harrison County

Franklin Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Franklin Williams
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Harrison County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 31, 1867
Years in Texas
10 years
Years in Harrison County
10 years
Years in the precinct
10 years
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 53 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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