Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Daniel Williams, Leon County, Texas, 1867

Daniel Williams registered to vote in Leon County on August 5, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 15 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Leon County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
15 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Leon County

Daniel Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Daniel Williams
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Leon County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 5, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Leon County
15 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Leon County
15 years
Signature, as written
"Wash x Horn"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Leon County highlighted
Leon County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

15 years

Daniel Williams reported 15 years more in Texas than in Leon County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Leon 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 2 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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