Hunt County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman

Randall Shepard, Hunt County, Texas, 1867

Randall Shepard registered to vote in Hunt County on July 13, 1867. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Hunt County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Hunt County registered 149 freedmen in 1867, 12% of its voters.

Born in Virginia, registered in Hunt County, Texas

Virginia
Birthplace: 14 years
In Texas: 14 years
In the county: about 1853
Reached Texas

What the register records

From about 1853 to 1870

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In Hunt County

Randall Shepard

Texas

Name: Randall Shepard
Place of birth: Virginia
County of registration: Hunt County
Precinct: 4
Registered: July 13, 1867
Years in Texas: 14 years
Years in Hunt County: 14 years
Years in the precinct: 14 years
Signature, as written: "Samuel Shepherd " ""
Remarks, as written: "Colored"

Hunt County on the 1870 county map

Shepards elsewhere in Texas

All 21 freedmen named Shepard in Texas

Variations of Shepard

Shephard 5
Sheppard 5

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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