Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ed Williams, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Ed Williams registered to vote in Houston County on August 6, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored. Had been in the precinct for six months, not a full year" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Ed Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ed Williams
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Houston County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ed Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored. Had been in the precinct for six months, not a full year"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsEd Williams reported 14 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Houston County
- Adam Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
- Billy Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Primos Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1860
- William Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
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 9 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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