Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Green Horden, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Green Horden registered to vote in Shelby County on August 14, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 18 years in Texas, 18 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
18 years
In Texas
18 years
In the county
about 1849
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1849 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Green Horden

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Green Horden
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
4
Registered
August 14, 1867
Years in Texas
18 years
Years in Shelby County
18 years
Years in the precinct
8 months
Signature, as written
"Green x Horden"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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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