Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jasper Driver, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Jasper Driver registered to vote in Shelby County on November 16, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 11 years in Texas, 11 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 11 years
- In Texas
- 11 years
- In the county
- about 1856
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1856 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Jasper Driver
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jasper Driver
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- November 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 11 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 11 years
- Years in the precinct
- 11 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jasper Drury"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Driver in Shelby County
- Calvin Driverborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Elbert Driverborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- James Driverborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1858
- Thomas Driverborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1858
Drivers elsewhere in Texas
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 22 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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