Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Romeo Richardson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Romeo Richardson registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Romeo Richardson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Romeo Richardson
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Romeo his X mark Richardson"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Richardson in Shelby County
- Nelson Richardsonborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1859
Richardsons elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richardson
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 15 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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