Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sam Shackelford, Walker County, Texas, 1867
Sam Shackelford registered to vote in Walker County on September 23, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas, 10 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- 10 years
- In the county
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Sam Shackelford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sam Shackelford
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Walker County
- 10 years
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Sam X Shackleford"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Shackelford in Walker County
- Alexander Shackelfordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Jesse Shackelfordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
Shackelfords 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 31 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Walker County, Texas
Walker County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Walker CountyThe Shackelford name in TexasBorn in South CarolinaSearch Walker County by name