Guadalupe County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nixon Shelton, Guadalupe County, Texas, 1867
Nixon Shelton registered to vote in Guadalupe County on July 23, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Guadalupe County registered 508 freedmen in 1867, 38% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Guadalupe County
Nixon Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nixon Shelton
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Guadalupe County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- July 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Guadalupe County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 Guadalupe County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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