Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Aaron Wordlaw, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Aaron Wordlaw registered to vote in Shelby County on July 26, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 25 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
Aaron Wordlaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Aaron Wordlaw
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Aaron Woodlaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsAaron Wordlaw reported 2 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Wordlaw in Shelby County
- Ned Wordlawborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
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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