Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Joshuay Bardon, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Joshuay Bardon registered to vote in Shelby County on July 18, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Arkansas
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
15 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Joshuay Bardon

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Joshuay Bardon
Place of birth
Arkansas
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
1
Registered
July 18, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Shelby County
15 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Signature, as written
"Joshua his X mark Barlow"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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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