Jasper County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Sandy Shaw, Jasper County, Texas, 1867
Sandy Shaw registered to vote in Jasper County on August 24, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Jasper County registered 310 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
What the register records
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Sandy Shaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Jasper County
- Registered
- August 24, 1867
- Signature, as written
- "Sandy his X mark Shaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
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 8 of the Jasper County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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