Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Bryan, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
James Bryan registered to vote in Shelby County on August 6, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 1 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
James Bryan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Bryan
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 6, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "James x Bryan"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsJames Bryan reported 8 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Bryan in Shelby County
- Daniel Bryanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- James Bryanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1856
- L. Bryanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- Matt Bryanborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Bryans elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryan
- Bryant 53
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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