Harris County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Williams, Harris County, Texas, 1867
Moses Williams registered to vote in Harris County on June 12, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harris County registered 2,039 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- 15 years
- In Texas
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
1852186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In Harris County
Moses Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Williams
- County of registration
- Harris County
- Registered
- June 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Harris County
- 5 months
- Years in Texas before Harris County
- 14 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsMoses Williams reported 14 years more in Texas than in Harris County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Harris County
- Green Williamsreached Texas about 1865
Williamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williams
- Williamson 31
- 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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