Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Shaw, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Shaw registered to vote in Austin County on September 3, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Austin County
Benjamin Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Shaw
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- September 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Austin County
- 5 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Austin County
- Duc Shawborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
- 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 44 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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