Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Williams, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Williams registered to vote in Cameron County on July 16, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Wesley Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Williams
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Cameron County
- Robert Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1865
- Stephen Williamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1865
- Wesley Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1859
Williamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williams
- Williamson 30
- 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 3 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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