Galveston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thadius Sheppard, Galveston County, Texas, 1868
Thadius Sheppard registered to vote in Galveston County on January 31, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Galveston County registered 1,179 freedmen in 1867, 39% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Thadius Sheppard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thadius Sheppard
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Galveston County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Galveston County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 4 months
- Years in Texas before Galveston County
- 23 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsThadius Sheppard reported 23 years more in Texas than in Galveston County.
Sheppards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sheppard
- Shepard 21
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 49 of the Galveston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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