Lamar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Calaway Williams, Lamar County, Texas, 1867
Calaway Williams registered to vote in Lamar County on July 11, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Lamar County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lamar County registered 772 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Lamar County
Calaway Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Calaway Williams
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Lamar County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- July 11, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Lamar County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jesse J. Loveday"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Lamar County
- Harrison Williamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1858
- Henry Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1864
- Larkin Williamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1856
- Robert Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1863
- Thomas Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1847
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 16 of the Lamar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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