Bexar County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W. Hamilton Shields, Bexar County, Texas, 1867
W. Hamilton Shields registered to vote in Bexar County on July 17, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Bexar County registered 500 freedmen in 1867, 22% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Bexar County
W. Hamilton Shields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W. Hamilton Shields
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Bexar County
- Registered
- July 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shields in Bexar County
- Benjamin Shieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- W. Bryant Shieldsborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
Shieldses elsewhere in Texas
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 25 of the Bexar County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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