Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Boss Shepherd, Davis County, Texas, 1869
Boss Shepherd registered to vote in Davis County on November 23, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Davis County
Boss Shepherd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Boss Shepherd
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 2
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Davis County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shepherd in Davis County
- Martin Shepherdborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
- Riley Shepherdborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1861
Shepherds 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 66 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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