Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Williams, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869
Joe Williams registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 18, 1869. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Joe Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Williams
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsJoe Williams reported 3 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Bastrop County
- Abner Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Alec Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Alfred Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1853
- Allen Williamsborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1853
- Amos Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 44 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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