Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Landron, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
John Landron registered to vote in Shelby County on November 16, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
John Landron
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Landron
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 16, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John Landrum"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Landron reported 1 year 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 22 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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