Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Lester, Shelby County, Texas, 1869
George Lester registered to vote in Shelby County on November 25, 1869. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 21 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
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 21 years
- In the county
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1846 to 1870
George Lester
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Lester
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 25, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 21 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Years in Texas before Shelby County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "George Lester"
- Remarks, as written
- "colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsGeorge Lester reported 2 years more in Texas than in Shelby County.
Lesters 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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