Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Willis Slaughter, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Willis Slaughter registered to vote in Shelby County on July 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Willis Slaughter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Willis Slaughter
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 month
- Years in the precinct
- 1 month
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Willis Slaughter"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsWillis Slaughter reported 11 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Slaughters 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 7 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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