Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jack Tatum, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Jack Tatum registered to vote in Shelby County on November 22, 1867. He reported Arkansas as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Arkansas
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County
Jack Tatum
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jack Tatum
- Place of birth
- Arkansas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 11
- Registered
- November 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Jack Tatum"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsJack Tatum reported 2 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Tatum in Shelby County
- Frank Tatumborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
- John Tatumborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1847
Tatums 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 24 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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