Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Amon McLamore, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Amon McLamore registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Amon McLamore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Amon McLamore
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Arron x McLamore"
Other freedmen named McLamore in Shelby County
- Felix McLamoreborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1847
- Martin McLamoreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1840
- Walden McLamoreborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
McLamores 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 9 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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