Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Ritchard Shaw, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Ritchard Shaw registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 12, 1869. He reported Alabama as his birthplace and 20 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Alabama
- Birthplace
- 20 years
- In Texas
- about 1849
- Reached Texas
- 19 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1849 to 1870
Ritchard Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Ritchard Shaw
- Place of birth
- Alabama
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 12, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 20 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 19 years
- Signature, as written
- "Richard Shaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
19 yearsRitchard Shaw reported 19 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
- Nathan Shawborn in North Carolina, reached Texas about 1851
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 7 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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