Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elias Bryant, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Elias Bryant registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 6 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1853
- Reached Texas
- 8 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1853 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County
Elias Bryant
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elias Bryant
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elias Bryant"
Elsewhere in Texas
8 yearsElias Bryant reported 8 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Bryant in Shelby County
- Ben Bryantborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
- Jason Bryantborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1857
- Jason Bryantborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1857
Bryants elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Bryant
- Bryan 15
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 19 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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