Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Hutson, Shelby County, Texas, 1869
Thomas Hutson registered to vote in Shelby County on November 22, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 1 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
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 14 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Thomas Hutson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Hutson
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Hutson"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
14 yearsThomas Hutson reported 14 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 23 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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