Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John McCoy, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
John McCoy registered to vote in Shelby County on August 21, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 8 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
- 7 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
John McCoy
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John McCoy
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 21, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 8 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 7 years
- Signature, as written
- "John Mc Coy"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
7 yearsJohn McCoy reported 7 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
McCoys 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 16 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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