Van Zandt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Major Shaw, Van Zandt County, Texas, 1867
Major Shaw registered to vote in Van Zandt County on July 13, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in Van Zandt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Van Zandt County registered 153 freedmen in 1867, 17% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Major Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Major Shaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Van Zandt County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in Van Zandt County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Van Zandt County
- Allen Shawborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1866
- Isham Shawborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1866
- Jordan Shawborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1854
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 4 of the Van Zandt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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