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.
- 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"
Bardons 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 2 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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