Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Sheppard, Brazos County, Texas, 1869
John Sheppard registered to vote in Brazos County on November 20, 1869. He reported 25 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 24 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
John Sheppard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Sheppard
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 24 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
24 yearsJohn Sheppard reported 24 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Sheppard in Brazos County
- Charlie Sheppardreached Texas about 1854
- 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 39 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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