Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Williams, Harrison County, Texas, 1869
John Williams registered to vote in Harrison County on November 19, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Williams
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 19, 1869
Other freedmen named Williams in Harrison County
- Allen Williamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Allen Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1858
- Alphinzo Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
- Amos Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1861
- Andrew Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
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. Harrison County's entries fill 92 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Harrison County, Texas
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