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.
- 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"
Other freedmen named Price in Shelby County
- Edward Priceborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
- William Priceborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
Prices 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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