Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Antny McWilliams, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Antny McWilliams registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Antny McWilliams
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Antny McWilliams
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Cypriand Hale"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McWilliams in Shelby County
- Bob McWilliamsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1847
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 16 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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