Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Williams, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Williams registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 14, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 38 years in Texas, 2 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 38 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- 36 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1829 to 1870
Daniel Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Williams
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 14, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 38 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Matagorda County
- 36 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
36 yearsDaniel Williams reported 36 years more in Texas than in Matagorda County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Matagorda County
- Gloster Williamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1862
- James Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
- Moses Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
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 6 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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