Lavaca County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Handy Williams, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867
Handy Williams registered to vote in Lavaca County on July 6, 1867. He reported 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Lavaca County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Lavaca County registered 435 freedmen in 1867, 29% of its voters.
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
1857186018621864186618681870
In Lavaca County
Handy Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Handy Williams
- County of registration
- Lavaca County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Lavaca County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Naturalized, where
- "Lo Altooville, Pa."
- Signature, as written
- "Jerry Kuykendall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Lavaca County
- John Williamsreached Texas about 1864
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 Lavaca County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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