Tyler County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Shepard, Tyler County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Shepard registered to vote in Tyler County on September 9, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Tyler County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Tyler County registered 256 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
1853186018621864186618681870
In Tyler County
Lewis Shepard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Shepard
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Tyler County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- September 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Tyler County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "S. C. Martin"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Shepards elsewhere in Texas
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 12 of the Tyler County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Tyler County, Texas
Tyler County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Tyler CountyThe Shepard name in TexasBorn in GeorgiaSearch Tyler County by name