Victoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Samuel Williams, Victoria County, Texas, 1869

Samuel Williams registered to vote in Victoria County on November 17, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Victoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Victoria County registered 419 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Victoria County, Texas
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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In Victoria County

Samuel Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Samuel Williams
County of registration
Victoria County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 17, 1869
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Victoria County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Naturalized, how
"By Act of Congress"
Naturalized, when
"July 28 1868"
Naturalized, where
"District No One Session Co"
Signature, as written
"W. R. Callender"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Victoria County highlighted
Victoria County on the 1870 county map

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Variations of Williams

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 20 of the Victoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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