Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John S. Rather, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
John S. Rather registered to vote in Shelby County on August 26, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 23 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 23 years
- In the county
- about 1844
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1844 to 1870
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In Shelby County
John S. Rather
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John S. Rather
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 26, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 23 years
- Years in the precinct
- 23 years
- Signature, as written
- "John J. Rather"
Other freedmen named Rather in Shelby County
- Jerry Ratherborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1850
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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