Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joab Williams, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Joab Williams registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Kaufman County
Joab Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joab Williams
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Joel Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Kaufman County
- Jonas Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1866
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 5 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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