Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

E. Shepard, Burleson County, Texas, 1867

E. Shepard registered to vote in Burleson County on July 15, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Registered in Burleson County, Texas
12 years
In Texas
about 1855
Reached Texas
11 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1855 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Burleson County

E. Shepard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
E. Shepard
County of registration
Burleson County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 15, 1867
Years in Texas
12 years
Years in Burleson County
8 months
Years in the precinct
8 months
Years in Texas before Burleson County
11 years
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burleson County highlighted
Burleson County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

E. Shepard reported 11 years more in Texas than in Burleson County.

Variations of Shepard

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 18 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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