Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Williams, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Williams registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 5, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
Alfred Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Williams
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsAlfred Williams reported 13 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
- Allen Williamsborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1853
- Amos Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- George Williamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
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 30 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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