Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Gloster Williams, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867

Gloster Williams registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 5, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.

Born in Tennessee, registered in Matagorda County, Texas

Tennessee
Birthplace: 5 years
In Texas: 5 years
In the county: about 1862
Reached Texas

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Gloster Williams

Texas

Name: Gloster Williams
Place of birth: Tennessee
County of registration: Matagorda County
Precinct: 1
Registered: August 5, 1867
Years in Texas: 5 years
Years in Matagorda County: 5 years
Years in the precinct: 5 years
Naturalized, how: "Letters of Naturalization"
Naturalized, when: "May 1867"
Naturalized, where: "Matagorda Co. Court"
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Matagorda County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Matagorda County

Daniel Williamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1829
James Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
Moses Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854

Williamses elsewhere in Texas

All 613 freedmen named Williams in Texas

Variations of Williams

Williamson 32
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 1 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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