Madison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isack Williams, Madison County, Texas, 1867

Isack Williams registered to vote in Madison County on August 8, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 17 of them in Madison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Madison County registered 254 freedmen in 1867, 40% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Madison County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
28 years
In Texas
17 years
In the county
about 1839
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1839 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Madison County

Isack Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isack Williams
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Madison County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 8, 1867
Years in Texas
28 years
Years in Madison County
17 years
Years in the precinct
17 years
Years in Texas before Madison County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Thomas Lewis"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Madison County highlighted
Madison County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Isack Williams reported 11 years more in Texas than in Madison County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Madison 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 3 of the Madison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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