Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Hall, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
George Hall registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 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
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Shelby County
George Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Hall
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 27 years
- Signature, as written
- "George x Hall"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hall in Shelby County
- Henry Hallborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
- Simpson Hallborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1841
Halls 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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