Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Nick Dysert, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Nick Dysert registered to vote in Shelby County on September 17, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 9 years in Texas, 9 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Tennessee and Texas marked
Born in Tennessee, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Tennessee
Birthplace
9 years
In Texas
9 years
In the county
about 1858
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1858 to 1870

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In Shelby County

Nick Dysert

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Nick Dysert
Place of birth
Tennessee
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
9
Registered
September 17, 1867
Years in Texas
9 years
Years in Shelby County
9 years
Years in the precinct
7 years
Signature, as written
"Nick Dysert"
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 20 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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