Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Bob Alexander, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Bob Alexander registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Bob Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Bob Alexander
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Bob his X mark Alexander"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Shelby County
- Adam Alexanderborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- John Alexanderborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1841
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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