Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Eastman Williams, Colorado County, Texas, 1867

Eastman Williams registered to vote in Colorado County on August 2, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.

Born in Georgia, registered in Colorado County, Texas

Georgia
Birthplace: 10 years
In Texas: 10 years
In the county: about 1857
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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In Colorado County

Eastman Williams

Texas

Name: Eastman Williams
Place of birth: Georgia
County of registration: Colorado County
Precinct: 96° 42'
Registered: August 2, 1867
Years in Texas: 10 years
Years in Colorado County: 10 years
Years in the precinct: 10 years
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Colorado County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Colorado County

Albert Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Alexander Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1841
Allen Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Allen Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1860
Andrew Williamsborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1859

Williamses elsewhere in Texas

All 560 freedmen named Williams 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 28 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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