Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Simon Hornbuckle, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Simon Hornbuckle registered to vote in Shelby County on August 24, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas, 20 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
- 20 years
- In Texas
- 20 years
- In the county
- about 1847
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1847 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Simon Hornbuckle
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Simon Hornbuckle
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 20 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Simon Hornbuckle"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Other freedmen named Hornbuckle in Shelby County
- Spencer Hornbuckleborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1847
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 17 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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