Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arthur Shannon, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Arthur Shannon registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 10 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Arthur Shannon
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arthur Shannon
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 10 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 9 years
- Signature, as written
- "Arthur Sharon"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsArthur Shannon reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Shannon in Kaufman County
- Austin Shannonborn in Kentucky, reached Texas about 1863
Shannons 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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