Houston County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Samuel Sherlock, Houston County, Texas, 1867
Samuel Sherlock registered to vote in Houston County on July 25, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace and 17 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Houston County registered 963 freedmen in 1867, 50% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
- 17 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
- 16 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
Samuel Sherlock
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Samuel Sherlock
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Houston County
- Precinct
- 10
- Registered
- July 25, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 17 years
- Years in Houston County
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Houston County
- 16 years
- Signature, as written
- "Samuel Herbert"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
16 yearsSamuel Sherlock reported 16 years more in Texas than in Houston County.
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 5 of the Houston County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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