Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Lovel, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
George Lovel registered to vote in Shelby County on August 15, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 10 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
George Lovel
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Lovel
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 15, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "George x Dove"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsGeorge Lovel reported 15 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Lovels elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Lovel
- Love 38
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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