Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Acy Biggar, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Acy Biggar registered to vote in Shelby County on September 19, 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
Acy Biggar
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Acy Biggar
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- September 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 22 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 22 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Acey Biggar"
Other freedmen named Biggar in Shelby County
- Ben Biggarborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1837
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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