Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joe Lister, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Joe Lister registered to vote in Shelby County on August 3, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 29 years in Texas, 27 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 29 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1838
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1838 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County
Joe Lister
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joe Lister
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 3, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 29 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joe x Lester"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJoe Lister reported 2 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Lister in Shelby County
- Charles Listerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1843
- Elie Listerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- John Listerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Listers 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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