Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Madison Shelton, Austin County, Texas, 1867
Madison Shelton registered to vote in Austin County on August 26, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Austin County
Madison Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Madison Shelton
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Place of residence
- Pine Groove
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Austin County
- 30 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Sheltons 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 36 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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