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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Shelby County
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

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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