Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Doc Shirley, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Doc Shirley registered to vote in Fayette County on August 8, 1867. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 12 of them in Fayette County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Fayette County registered 1,169 freedmen in 1867, 42% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Doc Shirley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Doc Shirley
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 8, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsDoc Shirley reported 13 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Shirleys 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 33 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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