Bastrop County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Shelton, Bastrop County, Texas, 1867
James Shelton registered to vote in Bastrop County on August 10, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored Voter" beside his name. Bastrop County registered 946 freedmen in 1867, 47% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
James Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Shelton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Bastrop County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 10, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Bastrop County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Bastrop County
- 1 year
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored Voter"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJames Shelton reported 1 year more in Texas than in Bastrop County.
Other freedmen named Shelton in Bastrop County
- Edmond Sheltonborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1848
Sheltons 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 37 of the Bastrop County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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