Johnson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abraham Shelton, Johnson County, Texas, 1867
Abraham Shelton registered to vote in Johnson County on July 30, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Johnson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Johnson County registered 88 freedmen in 1867, 11% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Abraham Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abraham Shelton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Johnson County
- Precinct
- Alvarado
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Johnson County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Johnson County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearAbraham Shelton reported 1 year more in Texas than in Johnson County.
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 5 of the Johnson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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