Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Williams, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Williams registered to vote in Walker County on August 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Alfred Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Williams
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 8 months
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "J. X Durham"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAlfred Williams reported 3 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Walker County
- Bristol Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Ceaser Williamsborn in Georgia
- Edwin Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- George Williamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1863
- Green Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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