Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Furgeson, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Furgeson registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1867. He reported Louisiana as his birthplace and 5 years in Texas, 5 of them in Shelby County. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Louisiana
- Birthplace
- 5 years
- In Texas
- 5 years
- In the county
- about 1862
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Thomas Furgeson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Furgeson
- Place of birth
- Louisiana
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- November 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 5 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 5 years
- Years in the precinct
- 5 years
- Signature, as written
- "Thomas Surgeon"
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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