DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elisha Williams, DeWitt County, Texas, 1867
Elisha Williams registered to vote in DeWitt County on July 17, 1867. He reported 30 years in Texas, 12 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 18 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
1837186018621864186618681870
Elsewhere in Texas
In DeWitt County
Elisha Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elisha Williams
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before DeWitt County
- 18 years
Elsewhere in Texas
18 yearsElisha Williams reported 18 years more in Texas than in DeWitt County.
Other freedmen named Williams in DeWitt County
- Anthony Williamsreached Texas about 1853
- Dennis Williamsreached Texas about 1846
- Ed Williamsreached Texas about 1863
- Ed Williamsreached Texas about 1851
- Harvey Williamsreached Texas about 1863
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 3 of the DeWitt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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