Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Randall Cartwright, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Randall Cartwright registered to vote in Shelby County on July 20, 1867. He reported 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- 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
Randall Cartwright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Randall Cartwright
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Randall his X mark Cartwright"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Cartwright in Shelby County
- Louis Cartwrightborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Cartwrights 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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