Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charlie Brittain, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Charlie Brittain registered to vote in Shelby County on July 26, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Charlie Brittain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charlie Brittain
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Brittain"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Brittain in Shelby County
- W.D. Brittainborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1845
Brittains 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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