Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Fletcher, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Henry Fletcher registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
- 10 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
Henry Fletcher
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Fletcher
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 7 months
- Years in the precinct
- 7 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry x Fletcher"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
10 yearsHenry Fletcher reported 10 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Fletcher in Shelby County
- Alfred Fletcherborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1831
- Alfred Fletcherborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1831
Fletchers 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 12 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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