Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Polly, Shelby County, Texas, 1869
John Polly registered to vote in Shelby County on November 22, 1869. He reported Missouri as his birthplace and 2 years in Texas, 1 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Missouri
- Birthplace
- 2 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1867
- Reached Texas
- 1 year
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County
John Polly
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Polly
- Place of birth
- Missouri
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 8
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 2 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "John Polly"
Elsewhere in Texas
1 yearJohn Polly 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 23 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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