Austin County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Geo Sheperd, Austin County, Texas, 1868
Geo Sheperd registered to vote in Austin County on January 30, 1868. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 8 of them in Austin County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Austin County registered 1,107 freedmen in 1867, 43% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Geo Sheperd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Geo Sheperd
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Austin County
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Austin County
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Austin County
- 10 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsGeo Sheperd reported 10 years more in Texas than in Austin County.
Sheperds elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sheperd
- Shepherd 6
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 49 of the Austin County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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