Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
John Shaw, Leon County, Texas, 1867
John Shaw registered to vote in Leon County on August 22, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Leon County. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Leon County
John Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- John Shaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Leon County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 years
- Signature, as written
- "Stephen x Robinson"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Leon County
- James Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1855
Shaws 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 17 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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