Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Latham, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
James Latham registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Shelby County
James Latham
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Latham
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "James x Nathan"
Other freedmen named Latham in Shelby County
- Daniel Lathamborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Fed Lathamborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1844
- Thomas Lathamborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1842
Lathams 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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