Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Williams, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
John Williams registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 1, 1867. He reported 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Lavaca County
John Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Williams
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 1, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 3 months
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Lavaca County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJohn Williams reported 2 years more in Texas than in Lavaca County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Lavaca County
- Handy Williamsreached Texas about 1857
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 1 of the Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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