Kerr County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Timothy Shaw, Kerr County, Texas, 1868

Timothy Shaw registered to vote in Kerr County on November 24, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 2 of them in Kerr County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kerr County registered 18 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Kerr County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1838
Reached Texas
28 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1838 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Kerr County

Timothy Shaw

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Timothy Shaw
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Kerr County
Precinct
2
Registered
November 24, 1868
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Kerr County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Kerr County
28 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Kerr County highlighted
Kerr County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

28 years

Timothy Shaw reported 28 years more in Texas than in Kerr County.

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. Kerr County's entries fill 5 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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