Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Elijah Jennings, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Elijah Jennings registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 7 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 7 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Elijah Jennings
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Elijah Jennings
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- November 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 7 years
- Years in the precinct
- 7 years
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Elijah Jennings"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsElijah Jennings reported 3 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Jennings in Shelby County
- Marion Jenningsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
- Robert Jenningsborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1859
Jenningses 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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