Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Reece Herring, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Reece Herring registered to vote in Shelby County on July 13, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 1 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Reece Herring
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Reece Herring
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Reece Herring."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsReece Herring reported 9 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Herrings 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 1 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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