Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Shelbrume, Austin County, Texas, 1867
George Shelbrume registered to vote in Austin County on July 27, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 28 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 28 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
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In Austin County
George Shelbrume
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Shelbrume
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Austin County
- 28 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 10 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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