Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Eddins, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
James Eddins registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 9 years
- In Texas
- 9 years
- In the county
- about 1858
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1858 to 1870
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In Shelby County
James Eddins
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Eddins
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 9 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 9 years
- Years in the precinct
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "James his X mark Eddins"
Eddinses 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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