Fayette County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ceasar Shropshire, Fayette County, Texas, 1867
Ceasar Shropshire registered to vote in Fayette County on August 16, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 5 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
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Ceasar Shropshire
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ceasar Shropshire
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Fayette County
- Registered
- August 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Fayette County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Fayette County
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsCeasar Shropshire reported 6 years more in Texas than in Fayette County.
Shropshires 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 45 of the Fayette County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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