Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrell Williams, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Burrell Williams registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas, 7 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Burrell Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrell Williams
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Burrell his X mark Williams"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsBurrell Williams reported 10 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Williams in Shelby County
- Jerrie Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- N. Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
- Robert Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 14 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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