Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elie Lister, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Elie Lister registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 22 years in Texas, 22 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 22 years
- In Texas
- 22 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Elie Lister
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elie Lister
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 22 years
- Signature, as written
- "Felix Lester"
Other freedmen named Lister in Shelby County
- Charles Listerborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1843
- Joe Listerborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1838
- John Listerborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
Listers 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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