Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
N. Williams, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
N. Williams registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported Georgia 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.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
1847186018621864186618681870
In Shelby County
N. Williams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- N. Williams
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lamphead Hall"
Other freedmen named Williams in Shelby County
- Burrell Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
- Jerrie Williamsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- 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 16 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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