Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Louis Cartwright, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Louis Cartwright registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 21 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
1846186018621864186618681870
In Shelby County
Louis Cartwright
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Louis Cartwright
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- November 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Louis Wordlaw"
Other freedmen named Cartwright in Shelby County
- Randall Cartwrightreached Texas about 1852
Cartwrights 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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