Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
A. Shelton, Hill County, Texas, 1869
A. Shelton registered to vote in Hill County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Hill County
A. Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- A. Shelton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Hill County
- 20 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shelton in Hill County
- George Sheltonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- Joseph Sheltonborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1855
- Thomas Sheltonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
Sheltons 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 19 of the Hill County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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