Chambers County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jessee Williams, Chambers County, Texas, 1867
Jessee Williams registered to vote in Chambers County on August 8, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Chambers County. The registrar wrote "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas" beside his name.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Chambers County
Jessee Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jessee Williams
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Chambers County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Chambers County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Naturalized, how
- "Emancipation"
- Naturalized, when
- "1863"
- Naturalized, where
- "Texas"
- Signature, as written
- "Dennis Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Emancipation in 1863 in Texas"
Other freedmen named Williams in Chambers County
- Jack Williamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
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 1 of the Chambers County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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