Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Martin McLamore, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Martin McLamore registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 27 years in Texas, 27 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 27 years
- In Texas
- 27 years
- In the county
- about 1840
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1840 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Martin McLamore
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Martin McLamore
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 27 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 27 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Martin x McVanow"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named McLamore in Shelby County
- Amon McLamoreborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1847
- Felix McLamoreborn in Missouri, reached Texas about 1847
- Walden McLamoreborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
McLamores 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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