Walker County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Balum Shaw, Walker County, Texas, 1868
Balum Shaw registered to vote in Walker County on January 31, 1868. He reported Texas as his birthplace and 23 years in Texas, 4 of them in Walker County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Walker County registered 1,373 freedmen in 1867, 68% of its voters.
- Texas
- Birthplace
- 23 years
- In Texas
- 4 years
- In the county
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1845 to 1870
Balum Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Balum Shaw
- Place of birth
- Texas
- County of registration
- Walker County
- Precinct
- 4
- Registered
- January 31, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 23 years
- Years in Walker County
- 4 years
- Years in the precinct
- 4 years
- Years in Texas before Walker County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Bailum his X mark Sky"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsBalum Shaw reported 19 years more in Texas than in Walker County.
Other freedmen named Shaw in Walker County
- John Shawborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
- Wesley Shawborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1842
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 36 of the Walker County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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