Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Shaw, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Peter Shaw registered to vote in Harrison County on June 29, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 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
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Harrison County
Peter Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Shaw
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- June 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 8 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Harrison County
- Austin Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
- Guy Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1848
- Hector Shawborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Shawborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
- James Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1849
Shaws 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 8 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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