Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Matt Achins, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Matt Achins registered to vote in Shelby County on August 7, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Matt Achins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Matt Achins
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 7, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Matty x Achua"
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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