Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Isham Bigger, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Isham Bigger registered to vote in Shelby County on August 17, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Isham Bigger
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Isham Bigger
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 17, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isham x Ruggs"
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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