Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charlie Sheppard, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Charlie Sheppard registered to vote in Brazos County on June 29, 1867. He reported 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Charlie Sheppard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charlie Sheppard
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sheppard in Brazos County
- John Sheppardreached Texas about 1844
- Stephen Sheppardreached Texas about 1859
Sheppards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sheppard
- Shepard 21
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 16 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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