Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nathan Shaw, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Nathan Shaw registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 9, 1867. He reported North Carolina as his birthplace and 16 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- North Carolina
- Birthplace
- 16 years
- In Texas
- about 1851
- Reached Texas
- 15 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1851 to 1870
Nathan Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nathan Shaw
- Place of birth
- North Carolina
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 16 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 15 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nathan Shaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
15 yearsNathan Shaw reported 15 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Shaw in Kaufman County
- Alex Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- Alfred Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1857
- Napoleon Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1855
- 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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