Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Wesley Shaw, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Wesley Shaw registered to vote in Walker County on August 30, 1867. He reported Kentucky as his birthplace and 25 years in Texas, 25 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Kentucky
- Birthplace
- 25 years
- In Texas
- 25 years
- In the county
- about 1842
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1842 to 1870
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In Walker County
Wesley Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Wesley Shaw
- Place of birth
- Kentucky
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 30, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 25 years
- Years in Walker County
- 25 years
- Years in the precinct
- 18 years
- Signature, as written
- "W. X Shaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shaw in Walker County
- Balum Shawborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- John Shawborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
Shaws 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 27 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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