Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Alexander, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
John Alexander registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 15 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
John Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Alexander
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "John his X mark Alexander"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsJohn Alexander reported 11 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Alexander in Shelby County
- Adam Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Bob Alexanderborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
Alexanders 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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