Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Henry Williams, Bastrop County, Texas, 1869

Henry Williams registered to vote in Bastrop County on November 24, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Bastrop County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
about 1849
Reached Texas
19 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Bastrop County

Henry Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Henry Williams
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Bastrop County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 24, 1869
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Bastrop County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Years in Texas before Bastrop County
19 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored Voter"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Bastrop County highlighted
Bastrop County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

19 years

Henry Williams reported 19 years more in Texas than in Bastrop County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Bastrop 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 47 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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