Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Sheldon, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Charles Sheldon registered to vote in Brazos County on June 27, 1867. He reported 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Charles Sheldon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Sheldon
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsCharles Sheldon reported 2 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Sheldon in Brazos County
- Stephen Sheldonreached Texas about 1864
Sheldons 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 10 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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