Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Turner Ewing, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Turner Ewing registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Texas marked
Born in Texas, registered in Shelby County
Texas
Birthplace
21 years
In Texas
20 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1846 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

Turner Ewing

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Turner Ewing
Place of birth
Texas
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
1
Registered
November 25, 1867
Years in Texas
21 years
Years in Shelby County
2 months
Years in the precinct
2 months
Years in Texas before Shelby County
20 years
Signature, as written
"Turner Ewing"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

20 years

Turner Ewing reported 20 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 24 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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