Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Lister, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
John Lister registered to vote in Shelby County on July 27, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- 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
John Lister
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Lister
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- July 27, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 18 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Signature, as written
- "John x Victor"
Other freedmen named Lister in Shelby County
- Charles Listerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1843
- Elie Listerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Joe Listerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1838
Listers 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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