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.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Arkansas and Texas marked
Born in Arkansas, registered in Shelby County, Texas
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"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

2 years

Jack 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

All 12 freedmen named Tatum 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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