Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

William Price, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

William Price registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Shelby County

William Price

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
William Price
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
3
Registered
August 21, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Shelby County
22 years
Years in the precinct
22 years
Signature, as written
"Wm his X mark Price"
Remarks, as written
"Colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Price in Shelby County

Prices elsewhere in Texas

All 77 freedmen named Price 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 15 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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