Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
L. Bryan, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
L. Bryan registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Shelby County
L. Bryan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- L. Bryan
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "L x Bryan"
Other freedmen named Bryan in Shelby County
- Daniel Bryanborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1853
- James Bryanborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
- James Bryanborn in Virginia, 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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