Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Shelburn, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Shelburn registered to vote in Austin County on August 5, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 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
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Austin County
Nelson Shelburn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Shelburn
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- August 5, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Austin County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shelburn in Austin County
- Alfred Shelburnborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1840
- J. Henry Shelburnborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
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 19 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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