Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Burrel Shields, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Burrel Shields registered to vote in Harrison County on June 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Burrel Shields
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Burrel Shields
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Marshall. Harrison County.
- Registered
- June 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "B. Shields"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Shieldses 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 2 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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