DeWitt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Low Williams, DeWitt County, Texas, 1869
Low Williams registered to vote in DeWitt County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in DeWitt County. DeWitt County registered 364 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In DeWitt County
Low Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Low Williams
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- DeWitt County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in DeWitt County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
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
- Elisha Williamsreached Texas about 1837
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. DeWitt County's entries fill 26 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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