Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Shadwell, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
William Shadwell registered to vote in Bexar County on July 5, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
William Shadwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Shadwell
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Bexar County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Bexar County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWilliam Shadwell reported 11 years more in Texas than in Bexar County.
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 7 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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