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.
- 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"
Elsewhere in Texas
27 yearsLouis Grace reported 27 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Graces 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 25 of the Shelby County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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