Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jerrie Williams, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Jerrie Williams registered to vote in Shelby County on August 27, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Born in Mississippi, registered in Shelby County, Texas

Mississippi
Birthplace: 8 years
In Texas: 8 years
In the county: about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Jerrie Williams

Texas

Name: Jerrie Williams
Place of birth: Mississippi
County of registration: Shelby County
Precinct: 2
Registered: August 27, 1867
Years in Texas: 8 years
Years in Shelby County: 8 years
Years in the precinct: 8 years
Signature, as written: "Jerrie Williams"

Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Williams in Shelby County

Burrell Williamsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
N. Williamsborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
Robert Williamsborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863

Williamses elsewhere in Texas

All 560 freedmen named Williams 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 17 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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