Hardin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shedrick Williams, Hardin County, Texas, 1867
Shedrick Williams registered to vote in Hardin County on July 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 5 of them in Hardin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hardin County registered 41 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Shedrick Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shedrick Williams
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Hardin County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Hardin County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Hardin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsShedrick Williams reported 5 years more in Texas than in Hardin County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Hardin County
- Charles Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1843
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 2 of the Hardin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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