San Augustine County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Scipio Sharp, San Augustine County, Texas, 1867
Scipio Sharp registered to vote in San Augustine County on July 24, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 1 year in Texas, 1 of them in San Augustine County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. San Augustine County registered 340 freedmen in 1867, 48% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 1 year
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1866
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Scipio Sharp
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Scipio Sharp
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- San Augustine County
- Precinct
- 5
- Registered
- July 24, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 1 year
- Years in San Augustine County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Signature, as written
- "Lewis Sharp"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Sharp in San Augustine County
- Calvin Sharpborn in Tennessee
- Richard Sharpborn in Tennessee, reached Texas about 1866
Sharps 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 5 of the San Augustine County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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