Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simpson Hall, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Simpson Hall registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Simpson Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simpson Hall
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Signature, as written
- "Berry Hall"
Other freedmen named Hall in Shelby County
- George Hallborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Henry Hallborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1841
Halls 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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