Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Spencer Hornbuckle, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Spencer Hornbuckle registered to vote in Shelby County on August 3, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 18 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
20 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1847
Reached Texas
2 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1847 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

Spencer Hornbuckle

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Spencer Hornbuckle
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
7
Registered
August 3, 1867
Years in Texas
20 years
Years in Shelby County
18 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Shelby County
2 years
Signature, as written
"Spencer x Hornbuckle"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Spencer Hornbuckle reported 2 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.

Other freedmen named Hornbuckle in Shelby County

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 8 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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