Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Lott Shephard, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Lott Shephard registered to vote in Walker County on August 20, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Walker County
Lott Shephard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Lott Shephard
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 1
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Walker County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Signature, as written
- "E. X Shepherd"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shephard in Walker County
- Lewis Shephardborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1863
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 14 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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