Refugio County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Hannibal Shaw, Refugio County, Texas, 1867
Hannibal Shaw registered to vote in Refugio County on July 22, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 1 of them in Refugio County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Refugio County registered 39 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 25 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Hannibal Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Hannibal Shaw
- County of registration
- Refugio County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Refugio County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Refugio County
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
25 yearsHannibal Shaw reported 25 years more in Texas than in Refugio County.
Shaws 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 1 of the Refugio County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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