Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ben Paten, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Ben Paten registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Ben Paten
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ben Paten
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "Rev. x Paten"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsBen Paten reported 13 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
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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