Williamson County commissioners have approved replacing a plaque that has drawn criticism because it says African Americans were pioneer settlers in the county in 1850s and 1860s.
African Americans did not settle the county during that time but were brought there as slaves, critics have said.
The Williamson County Historical Commission put together different wording for a new plaque that commissioners approved on Tuesday for the south side of the county courthouse in Georgetown.
It will say: African Americans comprised ten percent of the population in 1850, more than nineteen percent by 1860 and were Williamson County s largest ethnic group.
The current plaque, placed on the south side of the courthouse in November 1970, says:
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