Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Sherman, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Alex Sherman registered to vote in Houston County on July 24, 1867. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 8 years in Texas, 8 of them in Houston County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 8 years
- In Texas
- 8 years
- In the county
- about 1859
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1859 to 1870
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In Houston County
Alex Sherman
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Sherman
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 8 years
- Years in Houston County
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alex Sherman"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sherman in Houston County
- Henderson Shermanborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1860
Shermans 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 4 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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