Hill County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Shelton, Hill County, Texas, 1867
George Shelton registered to vote in Hill County on August 7, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hill County. The registrar wrote "Colored Left" beside his name. Hill County registered 159 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Hill County
George Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Shelton
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Hill County
- Precinct
- Covington
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Hill County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Left"
Other freedmen named Shelton in Hill County
- A Sheltonborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- 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. Hill County's entries fill 23 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.
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