Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Will. Williams, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Will. Williams registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 15 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Collin County
Will. Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Will. Williams
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- Aug. 15 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Collin County
- Daniel Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Isaac Williamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Richard Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
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. Collin County's entries fill 46 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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