Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Fletcher, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Fletcher registered to vote in Shelby County on July 29, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
- about 1831
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Alfred Fletcher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Fletcher
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 36 years
- Years in the precinct
- 36 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alfred x Fletcher"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Fletcher in Shelby County
- Alfred Fletcherborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1831
- Henry Fletcherborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1856
Fletchers 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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