Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Franklin Williamson, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Franklin Williamson registered to vote in Hunt County on August 28, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Franklin Williamson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Franklin Williamson
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 28, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Hunt County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Franklin his X mark Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearFranklin Williamson reported 1 year more in Texas than in Hunt County.
Williamsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williamson
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 20 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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