Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Jennings, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Robert Jennings registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 5 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
Robert Jennings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert 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
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Robber x Jennings"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsRobert Jennings reported 3 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Jennings in Shelby County
- Elijah Jenningsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
- Marion Jenningsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Jenningses 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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