Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Hall, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Henry Hall registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- 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
Henry Hall
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Hall
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- 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
- "Cypriand Hale"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Hall in Shelby County
- George Hallborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1840
- Simpson Hallborn in South Carolina, 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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