Anderson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gueseppe Williams, Anderson County, Texas, 1867
Gueseppe Williams registered to vote in Anderson County on August 21, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Anderson County registered 976 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Anderson County
Gueseppe Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gueseppe Williams
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Anderson County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Anderson County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Williams in Anderson County
- Alex Williamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Antia Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Caleb Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Charles Williamsborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Dallas Williamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1864
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. Anderson County's entries fill 53 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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