Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Shannon, Brazos County, Texas, 1868
Moses Shannon registered to vote in Brazos County on January 28, 1868. He reported 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Moses Shannon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Shannon
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- January 28, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Shannons 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 30 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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