Fort Bend County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Caleb Shelton, Fort Bend County, Texas, 1869
Caleb Shelton registered to vote in Fort Bend County on November 22, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County registered 1,360 freedmen in 1867, 81% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Fort Bend County
Caleb Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Caleb Shelton
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Fort Bend County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Fort Bend County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
Other freedmen named Shelton in Fort Bend County
- Frank Sheltonreached Texas about 1855
- 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 37 of the Fort Bend County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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