Goliad County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Richmond Shelton, Goliad County, Texas, 1869
Richmond Shelton registered to vote in Goliad County on November 24, 1869. He reported 21 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Goliad County registered 161 freedmen in 1867, 28% of its voters.
- 21 years
- In Texas
- about 1848
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1848 to 1870
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In Goliad County
Richmond Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Richmond Shelton
- County of registration
- Goliad County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 24, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shelton in Goliad County
- Clark Sheltonreached Texas about 1847
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 14 of the Goliad County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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