Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Tatum, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
John Tatum registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Shelby County
John Tatum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Tatum
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "John x Tatum"
Other freedmen named Tatum in Shelby County
- Frank Tatumborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- Jack Tatumborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1861
Tatums 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 5 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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