Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matt Bryan, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Matt Bryan registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Matt Bryan
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matt Bryan
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Matt 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
- L. Bryanborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
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 10 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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