Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Charles Lister, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Charles Lister registered to vote in Shelby County on August 17, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 24 years in Texas, 21 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 24 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1843
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1843 to 1870
Charles Lister
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Charles Lister
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 24 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles x Lester"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsCharles Lister reported 3 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Lister in Shelby County
- Elie Listerborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Joe Listerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1838
- John Listerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Listers 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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