Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Kit Caraway, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Kit Caraway registered to vote in Shelby County on August 31, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Mississippi and Texas marked
Born in Mississippi, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Mississippi
Birthplace
3 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1864
Reached Texas

What the register records

From 1860 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Kit Caraway

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Kit Caraway
Place of birth
Mississippi
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
8
Registered
August 31, 1867
Years in Texas
3 years
Years in Shelby County
3 years
Years in the precinct
3 years
Signature, as written
"Kit Caraway"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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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