Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy Field, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Sandy Field registered to vote in Shelby County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Sandy Field
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy Field
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sandy Fields"
Other freedmen named Field in Shelby County
- Henry Fieldborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jim Fieldborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Fields elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Field
- Fields 62
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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