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.
- 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"
Todds 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 17 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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