Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Shelton, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1867
Frank Shelton registered to vote in Fort Bend County on August 17, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Frank Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Shelton
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 12 years
Other freedmen named Shelton in Fort Bend County
- Caleb Sheltonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- James Sheltonreached Texas about 1866
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 25 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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