Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
W.D. Brittain, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
W.D. Brittain registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Arkansas 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.
- Arkansas
- 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
W.D. Brittain
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- W.D. Brittain
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- 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
- "W H Kirkland"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Brittain in Shelby County
- Charlie Brittainborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1846
Brittains 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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