Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Homer Richards, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Homer Richards registered to vote in Shelby County on August 29, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 25 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
Homer Richards
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Homer Richards
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 25 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "James Richards"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearHomer Richards reported 1 year more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Richards in Shelby County
- Ambrose Richardsborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1839
- 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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