Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Shederick Wlliams, Tyler County, Texas, 1869

Shederick Wlliams registered to vote in Tyler County on November 18, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Tyler County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
12 years
In Texas
1 year
In the county
about 1857
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1857 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Tyler County

Shederick Wlliams

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Shederick Wlliams
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Tyler County
Precinct
3
Registered
November 18, 1869
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Tyler County
1 year
Years in the precinct
1 year
Years in Texas before Tyler County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Frederick L Williams"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Tyler County highlighted
Tyler County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Shederick Wlliams reported 11 years more in Texas than in Tyler County.

Variations of Wlliams

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 13 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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