Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Frederic McLandon, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Frederic McLandon registered to vote in Shelby County on September 19, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 7 years in Texas, 4 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 7 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1860
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1860 to 1870
Frederic McLandon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Frederic McLandon
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- September 19, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 7 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Frederic W. Landon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsFrederic McLandon reported 3 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
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 21 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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