Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Biggs, Shelby County, Texas, 1869
Lewis Biggs registered to vote in Shelby County on November 20, 1869. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Lewis Biggs
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Biggs
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 20, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 months
- Signature, as written
- "Louis Riggs"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Biggses 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 23 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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