Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Harvey, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Sam Harvey registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
- 22 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
Sam Harvey
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Harvey
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Sam his X mark Harvey"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
22 yearsSam Harvey reported 22 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Harveys 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 14 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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