Colorado County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alexander Williams, Colorado County, Texas, 1869
Alexander Williams registered to vote in Colorado County on November 16, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Colorado County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Colorado County registered 1,423 freedmen in 1867, 56% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Alexander Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alexander Williams
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Colorado County
- Precinct
- 96° 32'
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Colorado County
- 28 years
- Years in the precinct
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Colorado County
- Albert Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- 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
- Anthony Williamsborn in Maryland, 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 48 of the Colorado County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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