Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Nelson Shelton, Kaufman County, Texas, 1869
Nelson Shelton registered to vote in Kaufman County on August 13, 1869. He reported Virginia as his birthplace and 4 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Kaufman County registered 189 freedmen in 1867, 18% of its voters.
- Virginia
- Birthplace
- 4 years
- In Texas
- about 1865
- Reached Texas
- 3 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
Nelson Shelton
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Nelson Shelton
- Place of birth
- Virginia
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 7
- Registered
- August 13, 1869
- Years in Texas
- 4 years
- Years in Kaufman County
- 6 months
- Years in the precinct
- 6 months
- Years in Texas before Kaufman County
- 3 years
- Signature, as written
- "Nelson Shelton"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
3 yearsNelson Shelton reported 3 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Sheltons 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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