Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Shaw, Austin County, Texas, 1869
Harry Shaw registered to vote in Austin County on November 18, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Austin County
Harry Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Shaw
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 18, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 22 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Austin County
- Benjamin Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1862
- Duc Shawborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 55 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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