Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Weatherly, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
George Weatherly registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas, 16 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- 16 years
- In the county
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
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In Shelby County
George Weatherly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Weatherly
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- August 31, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 16 years
- Years in the precinct
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Heatherly"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
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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