Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Williams, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Willis Williams registered to vote in Jasper County on August 20, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Williams
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Clark his X mark Shelby " " ""
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Jasper County
- E. Williamsborn in Florida
- Henry Williamsborn in North Carolina
Williamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williams
- Williamson 32
- 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 4 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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