Burnet County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Arther Shelby, Burnet County, Texas, 1868

Arther Shelby registered to vote in Burnet County on January 30, 1868. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas. Burnet County registered 54 freedmen in 1867, 13% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Kentucky and Texas marked
Born in Kentucky, registered in Burnet County, Texas
Kentucky
Birthplace
1 year
In Texas
about 1867
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Burnet County

Arther Shelby

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Arther Shelby
Place of birth
Kentucky
County of registration
Burnet County
Precinct
1
Registered
January 30, 1868
Years in Texas
1 year
Years in Burnet County
1 month
Years in the precinct
1 month
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Burnet County highlighted
Burnet County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Shelby in Burnet County

Shelbys elsewhere in Texas

All 7 freedmen named Shelby 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 9 of the Burnet County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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