Harrison County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randall Shaw, Harrison County, Texas, 1867
Randall Shaw registered to vote in Harrison County on September 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 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
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Randall Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randall Shaw
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Harrison County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- September 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Harrison County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "R. L. Shane"
- 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 83 of the Harrison County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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