Kaufman County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Alfred Shaw, Kaufman County, Texas, 1867
Alfred Shaw registered to vote in Kaufman County on September 26, 1867. He reported Mississippi 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.
- Mississippi
- Birthplace
- 10 years
- In Texas
- about 1857
- Reached Texas
- 9 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1857 to 1870
Alfred Shaw
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Alfred Shaw
- Place of birth
- Mississippi
- County of registration
- Kaufman County
- Precinct
- 6
- Registered
- September 26, 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
- "Alfred Shaw"
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
9 yearsAlfred Shaw reported 9 years more in Texas than in Kaufman County.
Other freedmen named Shaw in Kaufman County
- Alex Shawborn in Mississippi, reached Texas about 1854
- 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 17 of the Kaufman County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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