Brazoria County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Shaw, Brazoria County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Shaw registered to vote in Brazoria County on July 30, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 15 of them in Brazoria County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazoria County registered 1,331 freedmen in 1867, 82% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Alfred Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Shaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Brazoria County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Brazoria County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Years in Texas before Brazoria County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsAlfred Shaw reported 6 years more in Texas than in Brazoria County.
Other freedmen named Shaw in Brazoria County
- William Shawborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1859
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 1 of the Brazoria County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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