Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
David Crockett, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
David Crockett registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 13 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County
David Crockett
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- David Crockett
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "David Crockett"
Elsewhere in Texas
13 yearsDavid Crockett reported 13 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Crocketts elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Crockett
- Crocket 11
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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