Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richard Williams, Collin County, Texas, 1867

Richard Williams registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 1 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 4 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Collin County, Texas
Virginia
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1846
Reached Texas
17 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Collin County

Richard Williams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richard Williams
Place of birth
Virginia
County of registration
Collin County
Precinct
8
Registered
Aug. 1 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Collin County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Collin County
17 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Collin County highlighted
Collin County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

17 years

Richard Williams reported 17 years more in Texas than in Collin County.

Other freedmen named Williams in Collin County

Williamses elsewhere in Texas

All 560 freedmen named Williams in Texas

Variations of Williams

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 22 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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