Parker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Arnold Shirley, Parker County, Texas, 1869

Arnold Shirley registered to vote in Parker County on November 26, 1869. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 4 of them in Parker County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Parker County registered 81 freedmen in 1867, 10% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Parker County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
5 years
In Texas
4 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas
1 year
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Parker County

Arnold Shirley

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Arnold Shirley
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Parker County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 26, 1869
Years in Texas
5 years
Years in Parker County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Parker County
1 year
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Parker County highlighted
Parker County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

1 year

Arnold Shirley reported 1 year more in Texas than in Parker County.

Other freedmen named Shirley in Parker County

Shirleys elsewhere in Texas

All 3 freedmen named Shirley 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. Parker County's entries fill 21 pages of the handwritten register. About Enslaved Texas.

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