Leon County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Henry Shelton, Leon County, Texas, 1869
Henry Shelton registered to vote in Leon County on November 23, 1869. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 4 of them in Leon County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Leon County registered 675 freedmen in 1867, 45% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
- 2 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Henry Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Henry Shelton
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Leon County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- November 23, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Leon County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Leon County
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Henry his x mark Shelton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
2 yearsHenry Shelton reported 2 years more in Texas than in Leon County.
Other freedmen named Shelton in Leon County
- Benjamin Sheltonborn in Mississippi
Sheltons 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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