Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
James Shaw, Leon County, Texas, 1869
James Shaw registered to vote in Leon County on November 22, 1869. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Leon County
James Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- James Shaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- November 22, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Leon County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 14 years
- Signature, as written
- "Isaac Blair"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Leon County
- John 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 33 of the Leon County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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