Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Shepard, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
James Shepard registered to vote in Harrison County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
James Shepard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Shepard
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "J. Shepard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shepard in Harrison County
- Daniel Shepardborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1857
- Harrison Shepardborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
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 60 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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