Atascosa County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Shade, Atascosa County, Texas, 1867

James Shade registered to vote in Atascosa County on July 22, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 2 of them in Atascosa County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Atascosa County registered 30 freedmen in 1867, 6% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Atascosa County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Atascosa County

James Shade

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Shade
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Atascosa County
Precinct
2
Registered
July 22, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Atascosa County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Atascosa County
9 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Atascosa County highlighted
Atascosa County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

James Shade reported 9 years more in Texas than in Atascosa 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 6 of the Atascosa County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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