Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Shaw, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
William Shaw registered to vote in Brazoria County on August 15, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Brazoria County
William Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Shaw
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Brazoria County
- Alfred Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
Shaws 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 20 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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