Cameron County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Williams, Cameron County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Williams registered to vote in Cameron County on August 12, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 1 of them in Cameron County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Cameron County registered 99 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Wesley Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Williams
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Cameron County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Cameron County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Cameron County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsWesley Williams reported 7 years more in Texas than in Cameron County.
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 North Carolina, reached Texas about 1865
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 5 of the Cameron County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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