Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Biggar, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Ben Biggar registered to vote in Shelby County on July 18, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 30 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 30 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Ben Biggar
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Biggar
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 30 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ben his X mark Reggie"
Other freedmen named Biggar in Shelby County
- Acy Biggarborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
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 2 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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