Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Austin Shaw, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Austin Shaw registered to vote in Harrison County on July 12, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Harrison County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Harrison County registered 2,773 freedmen in 1867, 72% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Austin Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Austin Shaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Harrison County
- Registered
- July 12, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Harrison County
- 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
- John Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1846
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 26 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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