Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Richards, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Jack Richards registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 20 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 30 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1837
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1837 to 1870
Jack Richards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Richards
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 30 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack x Richards"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsJack Richards reported 10 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Richards in Shelby County
- Ambrose Richardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1839
- Homer Richardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
Richardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richards
- Richardson 64
- Richard 21
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 12 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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