Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Edward Price, Shelby County, Texas, 1867
Edward Price registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1867. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 21 years in Texas, 1 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 21 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- 20 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
Edward Price
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Edward Price
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- November 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 21 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 20 years
- Signature, as written
- "Edward Price"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
20 yearsEdward Price reported 20 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Other freedmen named Price in Shelby County
- Ephram Priceborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1856
- William Priceborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1845
Prices 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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