Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Arto Sheppard, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
Arto Sheppard registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 20, 1867. He reported Africa as his birthplace and 36 years in Texas, 36 of them in Matagorda County. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- Africa
- Birthplace
- 36 years
- In Texas
- 36 years
- In the county
- about 1831
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1831 to 1870
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In Matagorda County
Arto Sheppard
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Arto Sheppard
- Place of birth
- Africa
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- August 20, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 36 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 36 years
- Years in the precinct
- 36 years
Other freedmen named Sheppard in Matagorda County
- David Sheppardborn in Georgia, reached Texas about 1842
- Otto Sheppardborn in Texas, reached Texas about 1845
Sheppards elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Sheppard
- Shepard 21
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 8 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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