Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
J. Henry Shelburn, Austin County, Texas, 1867
J. Henry Shelburn registered to vote in Austin County on August 5, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Austin County
J. Henry Shelburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- J. Henry Shelburn
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Austin County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shelburn in Austin County
- Alfred Shelburnborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1840
- Nelson Shelburnborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
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 17 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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