Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin Carroll, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Martin Carroll registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 18 years
- In Texas
- 18 years
- In the county
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Martin Carroll
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin Carroll
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 months
- Signature, as written
- "Martin x Carroll"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carroll in Shelby County
- Ambus Carrollborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1846
- Jackson S. Carrollborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Robert Carrollborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1842
Carrolls 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 6 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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