Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Jesse Shackelford, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Jesse Shackelford registered to vote in Walker County on January 30, 1868. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 14 years in Texas, 14 of them in Walker County. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 14 years
- In Texas
- 14 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
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In Walker County
Jesse Shackelford
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Jesse Shackelford
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- January 30, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 14 years
- Years in Walker County
- 14 years
- Years in the precinct
- 2 years
- Signature, as written
- "Brice his X mark Shackelford"
Other freedmen named Shackelford in Walker County
- Alexander Shackelfordborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1864
- Sam Shackelfordborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1857
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 35 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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