Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Marion Jennings, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Marion Jennings registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with South Carolina and Texas marked
Born in South Carolina, registered in Shelby County, Texas
South Carolina
Birthplace
8 years
In Texas
8 years
In the county
about 1859
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1859 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Marion Jennings

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Marion Jennings
Place of birth
South Carolina
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
9
Registered
July 27, 1867
Years in Texas
8 years
Years in Shelby County
8 years
Years in the precinct
5 months
Signature, as written
"Marion x Jennings"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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All 13 freedmen named Jennings 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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