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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Virginia and Texas marked
Born in Virginia, registered in Shelby County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Hall in Shelby County

Halls elsewhere in Texas

All 92 freedmen named Hall 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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