Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Perry Reaves, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Perry Reaves registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 8 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
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Perry Reaves
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Perry Reaves
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Perry x Reeves"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsPerry Reaves reported 8 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Reaveses 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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