Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Elliot, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Louis Elliot registered to vote in Shelby County on July 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Louis Elliot
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Elliot
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "David x Elliott"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elliots elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Elliot
- Elliott 17
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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