Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Adam Alexander, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Adam Alexander registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1864
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Adam Alexander
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Adam Alexander
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- 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
- "Adams Alexander"
Other freedmen named Alexander in Shelby County
- Bob Alexanderborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- 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 15 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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