Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frank Short, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Frank Short registered to vote in Shelby County on July 25, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 25 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.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 5 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Frank Short
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frank Short
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 17 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frank L. Short"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
5 yearsFrank Short reported 5 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Shorts 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 4 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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