Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ambus Carroll, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Ambus Carroll registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 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
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Ambus Carroll
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ambus Carroll
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Charles Brooks"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carroll in Shelby County
- Jackson S. Carrollborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1846
- Martin Carrollborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1849
- Robert Carrollborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1842
Carrolls 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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