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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Georgia and Texas marked
Born in Georgia, registered in Shelby County, Texas
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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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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

8 years

Elias Bryant reported 8 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.

Other freedmen named Bryant in Shelby County

Bryants elsewhere in Texas

All 53 freedmen named Bryant in Texas

Variations of Bryant

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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