Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Louis Grace, Shelby County, Texas, 1867

Louis Grace registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 30 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.

Map of the United States in 1870 with Alabama and Texas marked
Born in Alabama, registered in Shelby County, Texas
Alabama
Birthplace
30 years
In Texas
3 years
In the county
about 1837
Reached Texas
27 years
Elsewhere in Texas

What the register records

From about 1837 to 1870

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Elsewhere in Texas
In Shelby County

Louis Grace

Texas

The register entry, column by column

Name
Louis Grace
Place of birth
Alabama
County of registration
Shelby County
Precinct
8
Registered
November 25, 1867
Years in Texas
30 years
Years in Shelby County
3 years
Years in the precinct
2 years
Years in Texas before Shelby County
27 years
Signature, as written
"Louis Grace"
Map of Texas counties in 1870 with Shelby County highlighted
Shelby County on the 1870 county map

Elsewhere in Texas

27 years

Louis Grace reported 27 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 25 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.

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