Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isaac Beeker, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Isaac Beeker registered to vote in Shelby County on July 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 2 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
- 23 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
Isaac Beeker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isaac Beeker
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Hewlett"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
23 yearsIsaac Beeker reported 23 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
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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