Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Tatum, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Frank Tatum registered to vote in Shelby County on July 18, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Frank Tatum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Tatum
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 18, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frank his X mark Patrick"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Tatum in Shelby County
- Jack Tatumborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1861
- John Tatumborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
Tatums 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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