Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Tim, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Sam Tim registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- 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
Sam Tim
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Tim
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- 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
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack his X mark Sims"
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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