Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Blunt, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
George Blunt registered to vote in Shelby County on August 3, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 16 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1845
- Reached Texas
- 6 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
George Blunt
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Blunt
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 6 years
- Signature, as written
- "George x Blunt"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
6 yearsGeorge Blunt reported 6 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Blunt in Shelby County
- Ben Bluntborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
Blunts 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 8 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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