Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
William Dunn, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
William Dunn registered to vote in Shelby County on July 30, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
William Dunn
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- William Dunn
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- July 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "William Dunn"
Dunns 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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