William Shuttlesworth (abt. 1879)

Born about 1879 in Alabama, United States

Biography

William was born about 1879.

Research notes

In 1930 a William Shuttlesworth (51, b. AL, ore miner, first married at age 21, both parents b. AL) headed a Jefferson County, AL household with wife Elberta Shuttlesworth (29, b. AL, first married at age 21, both parents b. AL) and six children. The next household was that of March Robinson (53, widowed).

The following was emailed to Edward Trever by a person not logged in to wikitree in RE to William Shuttlesworth. "I've been able to trace William Shuttlesworth's birthplace to Vance, Ala., through this Social Security record: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/12479467:60901?ssrc=pt&tid=17411265&pid=112491451326

"Vance was the location of a plantation owned by one of the first trustees of the University of Alabama, Marion Banks. Marion's grandnephew was L. Frazier Banks who was the superintendent of schools in Birmingham when Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth was trying to integrate the schools.

"I haven't been able to find documentation, but there's a good chance the Shuttlesworth family was enslaved by the Banks family, which adds another layer to the Civil Rights Era history of the two men. Here's more about the plantation, which is where my family is from, too: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Banks_Quarters%2C_Alabama_One_Place_Study"

Sources

• 1930 Jefferson County, AL census

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Edward Trever for creating WikiTree profile Shuttlesworth-85 through manual input on 6 May 2022. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Ed and others.