Dallas County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ely Williamson, Dallas County, Texas, 1867
Ely Williamson registered to vote in Dallas County on August 22, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Dallas County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Dallas County registered 399 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Dallas County
Ely Williamson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ely Williamson
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Dallas County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Dallas County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williamson in Dallas County
- Geo. Williamsonborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1863
Williamsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Williamson
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 19 of the Dallas County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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