Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Pilot, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Henry Pilot registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
186018621864186618681870
In Shelby County
Henry Pilot
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Pilot
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 months
- Years in Shelby County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 10 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his X mark Pilot"
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.
African American genealogy in Shelby County, Texas
Shelby County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Shelby CountyThe Pilot name in TexasBorn in North CarolinaSearch Shelby County by name