Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Frank Todd, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Frank Todd registered to vote in Shelby County on August 27, 1867. He reported Cherokee Nation as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 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 Texas marked
Born in Cherokee Nation, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Cherokee Nation
Birthplace
22 years
In Texas
22 years
In the county
about 1845
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1845 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Frank Todd

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Frank Todd
Place of birth
Cherokee Nation
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
10
Registered
August 27, 1867
Years in Texas
22 years
Years in Shelby County
22 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Signature, as written
"Frank Todd"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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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