Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Benjamin Ballard, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Benjamin Ballard registered to vote in Shelby County on July 31, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 15 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Benjamin Ballard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Benjamin Ballard
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- July 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Benjamin Ballard"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsBenjamin Ballard reported 15 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Ballards 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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