Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Allen Phillips, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Allen Phillips registered to vote in Shelby County on August 17, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 2 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Georgia
Birthplace
16 years
In Texas
2 years
In the county
about 1851
Reached Texas
14 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1851 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

Allen Phillips

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Allen Phillips
Place of birth
Georgia
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
1
Registered
August 17, 1867
Years in Texas
16 years
Years in Shelby County
2 years
Years in Texas before Shelby County
14 years
Signature, as written
"Allen Phelps"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

14 years

Allen Phillips reported 14 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.

Phillipses elsewhere in Texas

All 44 freedmen named Phillips in Texas

Variations of Phillips

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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