Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob McWilliams, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Bob McWilliams registered to vote in Shelby County on July 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Bob McWilliams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob McWilliams
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "Bob his X mark McWilliams"
Other freedmen named McWilliams in Shelby County
- Antny McWilliamsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1842
McWilliamses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of McWilliams
- Williams 560
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 Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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