Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Shepard, Austin County, Texas, 1869
William Shepard registered to vote in Austin County on November 17, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 3 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
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
William Shepard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Shepard
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- November 17, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Austin County
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 19 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsWilliam Shepard reported 19 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Other freedmen named Shepard in Austin County
- David Shepardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1851
- Henry Shepardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
- James Shepardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1845
- Miles Shepardborn in Louisiana, reached Texas about 1864
- Parker Shepardborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1847
Shepards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Shepard
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 54 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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