Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Harry Gardner, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Harry Gardner registered to vote in Shelby County on July 26, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 2 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Harry Gardner
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Harry Gardner
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Harry Gardner"
Gardners 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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