Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Clark Shelton, Goliad County, Texas, 1869
Clark Shelton registered to vote in Goliad County on November 17, 1869. He reported 22 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- 22 years
- In Texas
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Goliad County
Clark Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Clark Shelton
- County of registration
- Goliad County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shelton in Goliad County
- Richmond Sheltonreached Texas about 1848
Sheltons 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 13 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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