Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lewis Shephard, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Lewis Shephard registered to vote in Walker County on August 2, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- about 1863
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Walker County
Lewis Shephard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lewis Shephard
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- August 2, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis X Shepherd"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shephard in Walker County
- Lott Shephardborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1854
Shephards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Shephard
- Shepard 21
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 Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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