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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Shelby County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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

All 15 freedmen named Bryan in Texas

Variations of Bryan

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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