Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Jack Boothe, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Jack Boothe registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 16 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Shelby County
Texas
Birthplace
25 years
In Texas
16 years
In the county
9 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

Jack Boothe

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Jack Boothe
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 7, 1867
Years in Texas
25 years
Years in Shelby County
16 years
Years in the precinct
16 years
Years in Texas before Shelby County
9 years
Signature, as written
"Jack x Booth"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

9 years

Jack Boothe reported 9 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.

Variations of Boothe

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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