Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jackson S. Carroll, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Jackson S. Carroll registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- 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
Jackson S. Carroll
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jackson S. Carroll
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- 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
- "Jacob Stephens"
Other freedmen named Carroll in Shelby County
- Ambus Carrollborn in Arkansas, 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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