Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

James Fillips, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

James Fillips registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 2 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
15 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1852
Reached Texas
13 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

James Fillips

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
James Fillips
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Shelby County
2 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Shelby County
13 years
Signature, as written
"James x Phillips"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

13 years

James Fillips 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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