Newton County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shadrick Foard, Newton County, Texas, 1869
Shadrick Foard registered to vote in Newton County on November 21, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Newton County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Newton County registered 162 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Newton County
Shadrick Foard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shadrick Foard
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Newton County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- November 21, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Newton County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Naturalized, where
- "Shadrick, Fox, Frank A. F. Ivy"
- Signature, as written
- "bold"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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 8 of the Newton County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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