Cherokee County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Williams, Cherokee County, Texas, 1867
Alexander Williams registered to vote in Cherokee County on Aug. 29 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Cherokee County. Cherokee County registered 695 freedmen in 1867, 30% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Cherokee County
Alexander Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Williams
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Cherokee County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- Aug. 29 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Cherokee County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Williams in Cherokee County
- Harry Williamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1866
- Henry Williamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1866
- Jerry Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Larcom Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Lend Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1866
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 48 of the Cherokee County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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