Collin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Daniel Williams, Collin County, Texas, 1867
Daniel Williams registered to vote in Collin County on Aug. 12 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 3 of them in Collin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Collin County registered 270 freedmen in 1867, 15% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Daniel Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Daniel Williams
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Collin County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- Aug. 12 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Collin County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Collin County
- 7 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsDaniel Williams reported 7 years more in Texas than in Collin County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Collin County
- Isaac Williamsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Richard Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1846
- Will. Williamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859
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 26 of the Collin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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