Shelby County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Steve Parker, Shelby County, Texas, 1869
Steve Parker registered to vote in Shelby County on November 26, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 3 years in Texas, 3 of them in Shelby County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Shelby County registered 374 freedmen in 1867, 36% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 3 years
- In Texas
- 3 years
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Shelby County
Steve Parker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Steve Parker
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Shelby County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- November 26, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 3 years
- Years in Shelby County
- 3 years
- Years in the precinct
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Steve Parker"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Parkers 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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