Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Kirkland, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
John Kirkland registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 2 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 2 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Kirkland
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Kirkland
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 2 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John x Kirkland"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Kirkland reported 1 year more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Kirklands elsewhere in Texas
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 11 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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