Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Duc Shaw, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Duc Shaw registered to vote in Austin County on November 16, 1869. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Duc Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Duc Shaw
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 16, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Austin County
- 9 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Austin County
- Benjamin Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Harry Shawborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Jerry Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1840
- Sam Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1840
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 53 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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