Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Field, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Henry Field registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 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
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Henry Field
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Field
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Field"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Field in Shelby County
- Jim Fieldborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
- Sandy Fieldborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1857
Fields elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Field
- Fields 62
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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