Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Green Williams, Harris County, Texas, 1867
Green Williams registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Harris County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harris County
Green Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Green Williams
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Harris County
- 2 years
- Naturalized, how
- "By Reconstruction laws of Congress"
- Naturalized, when
- "1867"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Moses his x mark Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Harris County
- Moses Williamsreached Texas about 1852
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 1 of the Harris County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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