Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Shepard Graig, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Shepard Graig registered to vote in Jasper County on August 22, 1867. He reported Georgia as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- Georgia
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Shepard Graig
- Place of birth
- Georgia
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 22, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Thipars his x mark Craig"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 7 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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