Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Isaac Booth, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Isaac Booth registered to vote in Shelby County on August 29, 1867. He reported Alabama 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 Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Alabama
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

Isaac Booth

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Isaac Booth
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 29, 1867
Years in Texas
26 years
Years in Shelby County
26 years
Years in the precinct
4 years
Signature, as written
"Isaac x Rook"
Remarks, as written
"colored"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Other freedmen named Booth in Shelby County

Booths elsewhere in Texas

All 13 freedmen named Booth 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 18 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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