Wood County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ambros Williams, Wood County, Texas, 1867

Ambros Williams registered to vote in Wood County on July 27, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Wood County. Wood County registered 259 freedmen in 1867, 24% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Wood County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Wood County

Ambros Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ambros Williams
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Wood County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Wood County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Signature, as written
"Ambrose his X mark Williams"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Wood County highlighted
Wood County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Wood 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 8 of the Wood County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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