Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Booker Sinclair, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Booker Sinclair registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- about 1846
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Booker Sinclair
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Booker Sinclair
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 21 years
- Signature, as written
- "Brother Sinclair"
Sinclairs elsewhere 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 19 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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