Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Washington Bleak, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Washington Bleak registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 9 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Washington Bleak
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Washington Bleak
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Washington his X mark Blaylock"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsWashington Bleak reported 12 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
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 14 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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