Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Abram Shields, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Abram Shields registered to vote in Fayette County on July 10, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 35 years in Texas, 35 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 35 years
- In Texas
- 35 years
- In the county
- about 1832
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1832 to 1870
Abram Shields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Abram Shields
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- July 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 35 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 35 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shields in Fayette County
- Frank Shieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1847
- George Shieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Henry Shieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1843
- Henry Shieldsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1859
- Kelly Shieldsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Shieldses 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 5 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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