Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Richmon Keenard, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Richmon Keenard registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 4 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

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

What the register records

From about 1852 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

Richmon Keenard

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Richmon Keenard
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
10
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
15 years
Years in Shelby County
4 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Years in Texas before Shelby County
11 years
Signature, as written
"Richmond x Kinard"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

11 years

Richmon Keenard reported 11 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 11 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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