Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alex Shaw, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Alex Shaw registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 9, 1867. He reported Mississippi as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
- 12 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
Alex Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alex Shaw
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 12 years
- Signature, as written
- "Alex Shaw."
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
12 yearsAlex Shaw reported 12 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Shaw in Kaufman County
- Alfred Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Napoleon Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- Nathan Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
- Ritchard Shawborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1849
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 4 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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