Williamson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben W. Wills, Williamson County, Texas, 1867
Ben W. Wills registered to vote in Williamson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Williamson County
Ben W. Wills
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben W. Wills
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Williamson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Williamson County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Signature, as written
- "D. B. Blair"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Willses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Wills
- Willson 12
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 10 of the Williamson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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