Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
M. Shepperd, Davis County, Texas, 1867
M. Shepperd registered to vote in Davis County on July 20, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Davis County
M. Shepperd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- M. Shepperd
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Davis County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shepperd in Davis County
- Ellis Shepperdborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1860
- Lewis Shepperdborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1852
Shepperds 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 Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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