Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gideon Huddleston, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Gideon Huddleston registered to vote in Williamson County on July 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Williamson County registered 205 freedmen in 1867, 19% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Gideon Huddleston
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gideon Huddleston
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "R. his x mark Davis"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Huddleston in Williamson County
- Henry Huddlestonborn in Tennessee
Huddlestons elsewhere in Texas
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 8 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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