Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sigh Lanier, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Sigh Lanier registered to vote in Shelby County on July 18, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
- about 1831
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Sigh Lanier
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sigh Lanier
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 36 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Seth his X mark Varner"
Other freedmen named Lanier in Shelby County
- Albert Lanierborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- Henry Lanierborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
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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