Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Standley, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Nelson Standley registered to vote in Shelby County on July 20, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 24 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 24 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Nelson Standley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Standley
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 24 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson his X mark Stanley"
Other freedmen named Standley in Shelby County
- Flem Standleyborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1859
Standleys elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Standley
- Stanley 9
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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