Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ambrose Richards, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Ambrose Richards registered to vote in Shelby County on August 29, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 28 years in Texas, 25 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 28 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1839
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1839 to 1870
Ambrose Richards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ambrose Richards
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 28 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Ambrose Richards"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsAmbrose Richards reported 3 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Richards in Shelby County
- Homer Richardsborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1841
- Jack Richardsborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1837
Richardses elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Richards
- Richardson 64
- Richard 21
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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