Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Ephram Price, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Ephram Price registered to vote in Shelby County on July 26, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
11 years
In Texas
11 years
In the county
about 1856
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1856 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Ephram Price

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Ephram Price
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
4
Registered
July 26, 1867
Years in Texas
11 years
Years in Shelby County
11 years
Years in the precinct
6 months
Signature, as written
"Ephraim Pierce"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Price in Shelby County

Prices elsewhere in Texas

All 77 freedmen named Price 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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