Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Tom Bussy, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Tom Bussy registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- 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
Tom Bussy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Tom Bussy
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Tom x Ricey"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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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