Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Bryant, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Ben Bryant registered to vote in Shelby County on August 6, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Ben Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Bryant
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Rezo x Bryan"
Other freedmen named Bryant in Shelby County
- Elias Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1853
- Jason Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jason Bryantborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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 9 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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