Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Joseph Shepherd, Hunt County, Texas, 1867
Joseph Shepherd registered to vote in Hunt County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 15 years in Texas, 15 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 15 years
- In Texas
- 15 years
- In the county
- about 1852
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1852 to 1870
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In Hunt County
Joseph Shepherd
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Joseph Shepherd
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Hunt County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- July 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 15 years
- Years in Hunt County
- 15 years
- Years in the precinct
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Joseph L. Shepherd Witness N. C. Constant Colored"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Shepherds 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 2 of the Hunt County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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